Mangrove Cuckoo at Key Largo Hammocks State Botanical Site by TAS President, Joe Barros.

Summer Storm Over the River of Grass by Paul Marcellini

On Tuesday, May 2, both houses of the Florida legislature approved Senate Bill 10 — yippee!  — which instructs state water managers to purchase and re-purpose land for the creation of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee. When constructed, this reservoir will alleviate the need to dump, in years of high rains, phosphate-laden water into mid-state coastal estuaries, and will allow for the renewed flow of more water south to the now unnaturally parched Southern Everglades and Florida Bay. Restoring the historic flow of water southward is a crucial step toward Everglades Restoration. 

TAS played a role in this significant victory. Our members and staff made calls, wrote letters, gathered petition signatures, and even visited legislators in their home offices and at the capitol. Take a moment to celebrate this sweet grassroots victory! And special thanks for helping TAS make a difference for our region's treasured Everglades.

Read more on the passage of SB10 and what the bill entails  in this article from the Miami Herald, which quotes our Audubon Florida and Everglades Foundation partners.