Ep. 437: Backwoods University - Florida Water Crisis

When you think of the state of Florida, a water crisis is likely not the first thing that comes to mind. However, There has been an ongoing fight for decades now centered around water, and more importantly how it is managed. In it's natural state, water would flow slowly south out of Lake Okeechobee, down through the everglades, and into the Atlantic ocean. Now, after some artifical damming and canal building- the water is released in large discharges to the St Lucie and Caloosahatchie Rivers, causing an aray of problems for those rivers, the residing wildlife, water quality, and neglects the everglades. Connect with Lake Pickle and MeatEater Lake Pickle on Instagram MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , and YouTube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube

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Ep. 437: Backwoods University - Florida Water Crisis is an episode from Bear Grease by MeatEater.

This episode is 44:58 long.

This episode was published on Mar 30, 2026.

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