For me, fall colors this year weren’t red, yellow, or orange—but pink! The more than 100 American Flamingos blown in after Hurricane Idalia were a colorful reminder of why we work so hard to restore the Everglades. We want iconic wildlife species, like the flamingo, and local communities to have healthy homes in South Florida, now and into the future. To make this future a reality, we celebrate the restoration initiatives going into the ground this year, and push for improved management plans for Lake Okeechobee and the Western Everglades. Wherever you live along the Everglades watershed, we need your voice to keep restoration efforts going.

Sincerely,

Kelly Cox, Director of Everglades Policy

This letter originally appeared in the Fall 2023 State of the Everglades report.