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ELC Files Brief to Protect Everglades Lands from Improper Development
On April 7, 2022, ELC filed an amicus curiae “Friends of the Court” brief in Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal in opposition to the ...
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ELC Advocates for Biscayne Bay Restoration
The Biscayne Bay Southeastern Everglades Restoration (“BBSEER”) Project seeks to combine several projects originally proposed in the 1999 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (“CERP”) with a ...
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ELC Files Brief to Protect Comprehensive Planning and Everglades Restoration
ELC represented Tropical Audubon Society and Friends of the Everglades in filing an amicus curiae “Friend of the Court” brief in Florida’s Second District Court ...
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Toxic algae, Lake Okeechobee discharges, and the Lake Worth Lagoon
With toxic algae affecting local water supplies and waterways, many people are asking how these three things go together, and what that means for our ...
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Everglades Environmental Advocacy and Citizen Activism Program (ECAP)
ECAP — a grant-funded summer program for middle school students — is excited to engage students in local grassroots activism and advocacy this summer! We ...
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A Win for Singer Island
When Rodney Barreto, the head of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prioritized his personal interest over protecting the environment by seeking to fill ...
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FDEP Sea Level Rise Impact Projection Study (“SLIP”) Rulemaking Process
ELC partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund and multiple other non-profits to engage in the FDEP Sea Level Rise Impact Projection Study (“SLIP”) rulemaking process. ...
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ELC Opposes Florida’s Assumption of Permitting Responsibility Under Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act
On November 2, 2020, Everglades Law Center, along with the National Parks Conservation Association and Sustainable Palm Beach County, submitted comments opposing Florida’s proposal to ...
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ELC Works to Ensure the Combined Operations Plan (“COP”) Advances Everglades Restoration
ELC – alongside and on behalf of many Everglades restoration advocates – was deeply involved in the public process developing and deciding on the “final” ...
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