Please attend the Friends of the Everglades annual meeting on April 15th, 2012 at 1:30PM at Pinecrest Gardens in South Miami. For directions, click here. Dr. Harold Wanless, chair of the geology department at the University of Miami– and one of the recognized leaders of the effort to educate on issues related to climate change…  Read the Rest»

a clean water supply is   worth every drop. It’s clear, really. Saving the Everglades equals protecting Florida’s drinking water supply. More than 7 MILLION residents of Florida, or about 1 of every 3 of us, rely on the Everglades for our daily supply of fresh water. Now, this resource that we value every day…  Read the Rest»

Message from Kirk Fordham, of The Everglades Foundation: I would like to ask a favor of you. The Florida Senate recently proposed a budget that ELIMINATES funding for critical Everglades Restoration projects. These restoration efforts directly affect South Florida’s clean water supply and the 7 million Floridians who use this resource every day. Working with our…  Read the Rest»

As a result of Friends’ legal action to control sugarcane pollution of the Everglades, EPA has scheduled a public hearing for March 13, 2012 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm at the South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach, FL 33448. At that hearing, the Florida DEP will testify that EPA’s proposed permits should be…  Read the Rest»

The Friends of the Everglades and Miccosukee Tribe v. United States EPA legal case was first filed in federal court in 2004, in order to challenge EPA’s failure to protect the Everglades’ from excessive phosphorus pollution coming off the sugarcane fields in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). The purpose of Friends’ lawsuit was to protect…  Read the Rest»