A Port St. Lucie resort has been under investigation since the state found about 944 mangrove trees — a swath the length of the Caribbean Princess cruise ship — illegally cut down to nubs on the ...

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 ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The owner of a Port St. Lucie resort and a lessee face thousands of dollars in fines after protected mangrove trees were cut down along its property line earlier this year. The ...

PORT ST. LUCIE — Sandpiper Bay Resort has five months to restore a mangrove forest it destroyed to create a beach and unobstructed view of the St. Lucie River, according to a Jan. 23 state order. The ...

PORT ST LUCIE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Environmental Protection said they have launched an active and ongoing investigation after a Treasure Coast resident reported to them that protected ...

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 ...

Fine would be $110,395. Resort would have to replant 2,780 red, white and black mangrove trees. 80% of trees must survive or be replanted if they die. DEP would inspect resort for five years. A Port ...

Rhode Island businessman Michael Mota told Florida Department of Environmental Protection investigators in May that he represented the resort’s owner. He blamed the cut trees on storm damage.