Lake Okeechobee water plan revision: Sensible decision or gift to sugar industry?

Under the Corps’ new management plan, the amount of water going to the Everglades would more than triple, to 203,000 acre-feet per year, a major increase that will reinvigorate parched wetlands that support alligators, turtles and wading birds. But without conservation mode, the amount of water going to the Everglades would be even higher, 237,000 acre-feet per year.