Orange Lake

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With a loan of $1 million and outside fundraising, the Alachua Conservation Trust is just shy of its goal to save Orange Lake Overlook.

McIntosh Fish Camp's owners are desperate to stop the flow of what they believe is raw sewage from flowing into Orange Lake.

As rainy season is fast approaching, the two outside lanes on 441 beside Paynes Prairie will remain closed until sustained dry weather arrives.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be conducting an aerial spray of herbicide on Orange Lake on Friday to balance the lake's habitat by eliminating excess willow trees. The trees currently add up to double what is ideal for the Orange Lake environment, and stop the lake from having more diverse vegetation.

How can the water levels in Lochloosa Lake rise up to normal levels? Only nature knows.

After years of drought, this year's rainfall has restored Orange Lake's water levels.

Frank Brown still recalls what it was like trying to enroll in college after returning home from Vietnam. It wasn't easy. Many years later, he's among a group of Orange Lake veterans who try to be more welcoming to a new generation of returning soldiers.

Low water levels in Orange Lake are revealing weeds that are stopping boat traffic. A potential applied herbicide could kill the weeds at the surface level and below, however there is much debate about the proper removal.