Byline: Susan Salisbury

Oct. 8--The Seminole Indians are their neighbors to the south, and cowboys still herd the 1,200 Brangus cattle that roam their property.

That much hasn't changed since the 1930s, when the late J.W. McDaniel founded a family dynasty on an isolated 6-square-mile ranch in southeastern Hendry County.

Today, Granddaddy Mac's four grandsons run the McDaniel Ranch, which he and their late father, Robert McDaniel Sr., built from the wilderness.

But these days, the McDaniels are dealing with complex issues that didn't exist when the ranch was founded.

Chief among them is the unglamorous subject of storm water, which the family is handling ...