From January 8-11, Everglades restoration advocates will be meeting the 24th annual conference at the Hilton Downtown Miami. Audubon of Florida will be playing a central role throughout, with staff members moderating both plenary and break-out sessions on topics including the role of the White House in Everglades restoration, a state of the Everglades report card, and pollution in Lake Okeechobee. Here's a story from today's Miami Herald about the role of the new administration, and here is a fact sheet detailing the innumerable benefits of the pending purchase of US Sugar's lands in the Everglades Agricultural Area that Audubon of Florida has prepared for the conference.