Legislation to exempt inland lakes from the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act has been reintroduced in the state Senate. Sen.

The southeast United States is a place of unparalleled aquatic biodiversity ... Unfortunately, the Southeast's staggering variety of freshwater life forms and their habitat also make up one of the ...

"It has the potential to spread into freshwater ecosystems ... During the day, the fish hide in thick aquatic vegetation or in small burrows and crevices Most swamp eels in Florida are olive ...