October 22, 2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has told a Florida federal court that a "man-made drought" ended months before U.S. Sugar Corp. sued the agency over low lake levels putting its crops at risk, arguing the suit belongs in the gutter.
August 01, 2019
U.S. Sugar Corp. hit the Army Corps of Engineers with a lawsuit in Florida federal court Thursday, accusing it of creating a wasteful "man-made drought" by aggressively lowering Lake Okeechobee's water level without considering the impact on crops, the environment and nearby communities.