Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims that the newly opened “Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center has “zero impact" on ...

A Florida Native American leader spoke out against a new migrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," raising environmental and safety concerns for local ...

The Miccosuki tribe alleges that both state and federal agents failed to conduct an environmental review of what the camp would do to the Everglades.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provided no materials explaining how he concluded Alligator Alcatraz has "zero impact." ...

Florida's attorney general says the migrant detention facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can stop the project.

A new state law aims to help developers fill environmental requirements faster, something critics say could throw the ...

Th Florida Department of Health office in Indian River County issued a health alert for toxic algae in the Stick Marsh on ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A group of Florida environmental advocates filed a lawsuit in federal court to shut down the ICE detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz. Friends of the Everglades said ...

Some scientists have sounded major concerns over the environmental effects of turf lawns in Florida. Marco Schiavon, a turfgrass scientist at the University of Florida, worries about the heat ...

The group of Democratic state senators and representatives said they wanted to exercise their statutory right as lawmakers to inspect the Everglades facility.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. ... Construction on the project halted in 1970 over environmental concerns, per NPS.

Environmental advocacy groups like Waterkeepers Florida echoed those concerns and lobbied for a veto, urging residents to contact the governor. Their efforts ultimately fell short.