everglades restoration

The projects include Everglades restoration and the town of Medley.

WEST PALM BEACH, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis approved an additional $1.5 billion toward Everglades restoration and water quality on Earth Day, hoping to resuscitate the most threatened National Park in the United States. In his first four years in office, DeSantis allocated $3.3 billion toward restoration and water management. In January 2023, he promised that his […]

Groundbreaking on the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir finally began after another delay in December. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) tweeted the good news, saying that the long-anticipated EAA Reservoir groundbreaking ha finally occured. "After 2 decades of planning and pushing, we finally broke ground on the EAA Reservoir, a linchpin of our #Everglades restoration efforts. And […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined the fray over Senate Budget Bill 2508 by voicing his dissatisfaction over allegations that were made accusing Senate Republicans of cutting out predetermined $1.9 billion Everglades Agriculture Area Reservoir (EAA) funding approved back in 2017. “I have been a champion for Everglades restoration and oppose any measure that derails progress […]

Washington—There's not much of anything Republicans and Democrats in Congress agree on, but  US Rep. Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL) says that there is bipartisan support for getting Everglades Restoration funding passed. When asked about the preservation of the Everglades and the Florida Congressional delegation, Rep. Diaz Balart responded, "That's a scenario where we work very […]

This week voting rights took up the majority of political rhetoric and attention on Capitol Hill, however environmental policy had an important presence for the state of Florida.  US Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) along with her Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives are touting having allocated over $1 billion to Everglades restoration funds. US […]

When then-Rep. Ron DeSantis (R) was considered one of the most conservative members of the U.S. House of Representatives just 4 years ago, no one would have thought that he would become the first “Green Governor” in Florida’s history focused on environmental issues." During the Republican gubernatorial primary race in 2018, candidate DeSantis shocked Floridians […]

The 8th annual Everglades Action Day is underway in Tallahassee and the message the lobby group has packaged together to help press legislators on support their cause appears to be falling on deaf Republican ears.