kissimmee river

Florida's Kissimmee River was channelized and dredged for flood control, but after a decades-long restoration effort, headwaters of the Everglades have returned to a more natural wetlands ecosystem.

Lake Okeechobee’s water level remain near a historic high after Hurricane Hermine hit Florida last week.

It sounds almost superhuman to try to straighten a river and then recarve the curves. That's what federal and state officials did to Central Florida's Kissimmee River.