A Treasure Coast resort has paid one of the steepest mangrove-cutting fines in state history for illegally cutting about 944 mangrove trees to nubs along the St. Lucie River shoreline. The state also ...

The Department of Environmental Protection and Indian River County are investigating illegal mangrove-clearing and Indian River Lagoon water pollution. In 2023, Sandpiper Bay Resort in Port St. Lucie ...

Rhode Island entrepreneur Michael Mota and his business partner were paid advisers at the resort. Mota blamed the mangroves destruction on a tornado the National Weather Service said did not exist. A ...

Hurricane Milton tornado "took the whole front out" of a swath of new mangroves planted after the Sandpiper Bay Resort illegally clear-cut shoreline.

A Port St. Lucie resort that illegally hacked about 944 mangrove trees to nubs last year has planted about 2,780 new ones, which the state will inspect and monitor quarterly in the first year and ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — We're digging deeper into why some workers that did renovation projects at Sandpiper Bay Resort in Port St. Lucie haven't gotten paid. Court records said as of April 18, there's ...

'[This] tells me the state of Florida doesn't value mangroves as much as they say they do,' Dr. Zack Jud says PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — It's a punishment some feel isn't fitting for the offense. WPTV ...

According to Google Trends, "no passport vacations" are on the rise, with many travelers seeking tropical escapes – and all-inclusive resorts – in Florida. If you're curious about planning an ...

2025: A Windsor resident illegally removed a swath of mangrove trees and polluted the Indian River Lagoon from the unpermitted clearing of his Sebastian waterfront property, according to Indian River ...