In recent weeks, Audubon Florida expressed support for the South Florida Water Management District’s plan that responds to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Amended Determination and its call for a newly proposed Everglades water quality standard and an enforceable clean-up plan.
Please see Audubon Florida Executive Director Eric Draper's recent letter-to-the-editor in support of this new Everglades restoration plan.
The Everglades are an international treasure that are degraded every day by pollution and diversion of fresh water. Consensus was reached long ago that federal and state governments would work together to restore the Everglades. Most stakeholders, from conservation groups to farmers to fishermen, agree with the goal of delivering abundant, clean water to the natural system. The new plan is a step forward. This is not time to second-guess Everglades restoration.
