On July 11, Friends of the Everglades and Center for Biological Diversity warned government agencies in a legal filing today that they’re breaking the law by failing to protect the Big Cypress National Preserve from the increasingly destructive effects of the mass detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
The notice of intent to sue details federal and state failures to protect wetlands, endangered wildlife and ecological resources. These legal violations are in addition to others the groups documented in their June 27 lawsuit.
“This mass detention center was ramrodded into the middle of our country’s oldest national preserve with no public input, no environmental analysis — and no regard for the billions of dollars invested in Everglades restoration,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades. “Our government has gone rogue by ignoring cherished laws that protect our nation’s water, wildlife and national parks.”
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