On May 21, Friends of the Everglades sent the following letter to Governor DeSantis urging him to veto SB 492, which would weaken Florida’s wetland protections by allowing the premature sale of mitigation credits and the use of credits from areas with no ecological connection to impacted sites.
The bill threatens the integrity of Florida’s wetland mitigation system, undermines local restoration efforts and jeopardizes the state’s progress on water quality, resilience, and Everglades restoration.
We ask that the Governor stand with Florida’s communities, ecosystems and future by vetoing this bill.
