With canal-side gates closed behind them and the Lake Okeechobee lakeside
gates open before them, a boater slowly exits from the Port Mayaca
Navigational Lock.
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With canal-side gates closed behind them and the Lake Okeechobee lakeside
gates open before them, a boater slowly exits from the Port Mayaca
Navigational Lock.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer personnel overlooks the closing of the lakeside
gates at the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock. Lake Okeechobee is in the
background.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer personnel overlooks the closing of the lakeside
gates at the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock. Lake Okeechobee is in the
background.
Seen beyond the dirt road are smooth, green grasses of a turf farm located in
the vicinity of Lake Okeechobee.
Seen beyond the dirt road are smooth, green grasses of a turf farm located in
the vicinity of Lake Okeechobee.
Looking through the rows of an orange grove located in the vicinity of Lake
Okeechobee.
Looking through the rows of an orange grove located in the vicinity of Lake
Okeechobee.
Canal 59 in the foreground and Control Structure S-191, which controls water
flow into Lake Okeechobee.
Canal 59 in the foreground and Control Structure S-191, which controls water
flow into Lake Okeechobee.
Looking eastward from the middle of the Port Mayaca Dam, at the St. Lucie
Canal, which connects to Lake Okeechobee.
Looking eastward from the middle of the Port Mayaca Dam, at the St. Lucie
Canal, which connects to Lake Okeechobee.
To gain access to Lake Okeechobee, boaters anchor themselves to the Port
Mayaca Navigational Lock wall as the canal-side gates close.
To gain access to Lake Okeechobee, boaters anchor themselves to the Port
Mayaca Navigational Lock wall as the canal-side gates close.
Looking through the open lakeside gates of the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock,
onto Lake Okeechobee.
Looking through the open lakeside gates of the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock,
onto Lake Okeechobee.
With the Lake Okeechobee lakeside gates open, boaters get ready to exit the
Port Mayaca Navigational Lock.
With the Lake Okeechobee lakeside gates open, boaters get ready to exit the
Port Mayaca Navigational Lock.
Boaters leave the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock and head out into the open
waters of Lake Okeechobee.
Boaters leave the Port Mayaca Navigational Lock and head out into the open
waters of Lake Okeechobee.
On the Lake side of Control Structure S-191, a double-crested cormorant
balances atop a buoy floating in Lake Okeechobee.
On the Lake side of Control Structure S-191, a double-crested cormorant
balances atop a buoy floating in Lake Okeechobee.
USGS Student Jessica Magers examining outcrop of the Rush Springs aquifer in Caddo County, Oklahoma for arsenic and other metals concentration.
USGS Student Jessica Magers examining outcrop of the Rush Springs aquifer in Caddo County, Oklahoma for arsenic and other metals concentration.
Groundwater is the saturated zone of soil/rock below the land surface
Groundwater is the saturated zone of soil/rock below the land surfaceHow Ground Water Occurs
At the end of the boardwalk behind the Briggs Nature Center at Rookery Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve, clusters of magenta fruits surround the
stems of this American beauty berry shrub.
At the end of the boardwalk behind the Briggs Nature Center at Rookery Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve, clusters of magenta fruits surround the
stems of this American beauty berry shrub.
Looking from an observation deck, at Rookery Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve, onto a flock of birds resting in a brackish (somewhat salty)
pond community. Mangrove islands grow inside and along the edges of the
pond.
Looking from an observation deck, at Rookery Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve, onto a flock of birds resting in a brackish (somewhat salty)
pond community. Mangrove islands grow inside and along the edges of the
pond.
A short walk through the shallow mangrove perimeter to the interior of Bob Allen Key affords this view of a mostly clear, shallow ponded area.
A short walk through the shallow mangrove perimeter to the interior of Bob Allen Key affords this view of a mostly clear, shallow ponded area.
A great white heron standing atop a dock in Florida Bay.
A great white heron standing atop a dock in Florida Bay.
Looking south from Little Madeira Bay at a line of Key islands in Florida Bay.
Looking south from Little Madeira Bay at a line of Key islands in Florida Bay.
Looking through a channel between the mangrove tree Florida Key islands, south of Boggy Key.
Looking through a channel between the mangrove tree Florida Key islands, south of Boggy Key.
A great white heron standing atop the mangrove roots of Boggy Key; a Florida Key island.
A great white heron standing atop the mangrove roots of Boggy Key; a Florida Key island.
Red mangroves and their root systems at the edge of Shell Key, in Florida Bay.
Red mangroves and their root systems at the edge of Shell Key, in Florida Bay.