Thank you to our Audubon Advocates and environmental allies who spoke out to support the bold Everglades Water Quality Plan. The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board heard your voices and passed a resolution in a 8-1 vote to move forward with the next steps of the landmark Everglades Water Quality Plan. The plan is a key part of solution that will provide infrastructure needed to move forward with providing clean water for the Everglades.

Audubon has long pushed for the next wave of action to clean up the water leaving agricultural fields and entering theEverglades. If not treated, polluted water alters the balance of life and is responsible for significant loss of wildlife habitat. The new water quality plan announced in June between the State of Florida and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will build and enhance the performance of treatment areas that clean up water before it enters the Everglades.