Workers built a huge system of waterways and pumping stations to control the overflow of Lake Okeechobee, north of the Everglades.

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The projects include improving wetlands in the Picayune Strand in Southwest Florida and repairs to Lake Okeechobee's dike.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

She discusses Florida's Lake Okeechobee, a reservoir where water levels have fallen so low that fires recently broke out on the lakebed.

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Thus, protecting the Kissimmee River, the primary source of water for Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades, has become a paramount goal for conservationists.

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Yera, dreaming of a visit to the U.S. (forbidden for now), pumps his clients for information about Lake Okeechobee in Florida and Lake Fork in Texas.

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