Restoration
The Everglades Trust, a non-profit dedicated to the restoration and protection of the Florida Everglades, thanked the State Legislature for including $638 million in restoration to the wetland as part of its 2026-27 fiscal year (FY) budget it passed in Tallahassee on Friday. The funding includes completion of the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), widely known […]
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service announced a $6.3 million available grant through Florida's Future Forests Program and the Enhancing Gulf Waters Through Forested Watershed Restoration (RESTORE) program to support state forests for landowners this week. According to a Department of Agriculture release, the cost-share programs will "improve forest health […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state of Florida is awarding $20 million in grants for the Biscayne Bay Water Quality Improvement Projects during a press conference in North Miami Beach this week. Specifically, the grants will cover 8 projects, including six new projects in the South Florida area. The recipients include: Miami-Dade County South Beach […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis attended the groundbreaking of a new inflow pump station in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) designed to help preserve and enrich the state's largest ecosystem, including moving billions of gallons of water, during a press conference in West Palm Beach. According to the governor's office, the EAA Reservoir, south of Lake Okeechobee, will […]
The Florida Everglades is one of the largest natural ecosystems in the world, spanning 1.5 million acres from Lake Okeechobee down to the southern end of the state. Just how big is that? Everglades National Park alone is larger than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. It is also the third-largest national park in the United […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida State Senators Bryan Avila (R) and Ileana Garcia (R)introduced a bill on Wednesday, December 7th, to preserve and protect Florida’s mangroves. Yesterday’s introduction marks the third time the legislation has been proposed, as previous attempts to pass the law in 2022 and in early 2023 failed due to timing problems. The bill […]
