Miami-Dade is evicting the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center — a community treasure that has taught generations of students to care for Biscayne Bay. Take action now! Tell County leaders: Rescind the eviction, protect the Center. bit.ly/42lUAp3

In all seasons, only Everglades. 🐊🦌☁️🐻☀️🦉🐟 Are you with us? Go to everglades.org to find your place in this movement.

Pivotal environmental battles often center on a single, cherished place. For us, that place is the Everglades — and one of our nation’s bedrock environmental laws is being put to the test in its very heart. Help us fund the fight. Visit everglades.org/donate.

Backed by Big Sugar, a rock mine threatens the $4 billion EAA Reservoir and risks diverting taxpayer dollars from real restoration. Friends of the Everglades has opposed this project from the start — and we’ll keep fighting to stop it. Read more here. bit.ly/46JwWnV

Allies on the ground have spotted an increase in buses, fill trucks and other equipment coming and going at the entrance to the detention center along Tamiami Trail in Big Cypress National Preserve. Make a donation at everglades.org to be part of this movement.

Together with our partners, we’re standing strong for the nation’s bedrock environmental laws. Find out how you can help us keep the vital work against “Alligator Alcatraz” moving forward at www.everglades.org/everglades-d... youtu.be/f-x3LcikWWI

A new panel of judges will decide the next phase — battling the appeal filed by the state and federal defendants — and our legal team is ready. We believe the law and the evidence are on our side. Help fund the fight: bit.ly/45Uz9h4

While we're disappointed the court paused the injunction at "Alligator Alcatraz," this is far from the final ruling - the fight continues. We are committed to stopping the mass detention center in the heart of the Everglades. Help fund the fight at everglades.org.

If you were outraged by the idea of this hastily built detention center in the Everglades, now’s the time to act. Please consider making a contribution to stop this bad idea once and for all and protect the Everglades for future generations. 🐊 Give today at everglades.org/everglades-defense-fund

We just won in federal court. Alligator Alcatraz — the detention center being built in the Everglades — is stopped.

“Why in the middle of the Everglades?” the judge asked. We've been asking the same thing. Also: Why wasn't an environmental study done? Why wasn't the public allowed to weigh in? Why weren't alternatives considered to "Alligator Alcatraz"? The latest on our lawsuit: apnews.com/article/flor...

National parks were America’s best idea. This detention center in the Everglades is one of America’s WORST. More on the impact and why @foreverglades.bsky.social and @biologicaldiversity.org are suing to stop it. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

This is an affront to the Everglades: www.everglades.org/no-alligator...

We can stop this, together. www.everglades.org/no-alligator...

The Everglades are no place for an ICE prison. This property is 96% wetlands, surrounded by tribal lands, Big Cypress National Preserve, and Everglades National Park. Send Florida's governor and attorney general a message telling them to STOP "Alligator Alcatraz." www.everglades.org/no-alligator...

As if on cue ... the American Farm Bureau and the National Association of Home Builders issued statements today "commending" this watered-down WOTUS. But make no mistake, this will harm water and wetlands across the U.S.

🗣️TELL CONGRESS: These parks were made for YOU and ME. Take 1 minute to message your US Senators and Representatives and tell them to fully fund national parks and wildlife refuges: www.everglades.org/standwithnat...

ALERT: The Lake Okeechobee Cyanobacteria Algal Bloom reporting page from @noaa.gov is no longer live. This is critical public-health information that Floridians rely on to track harmful blue-green algae blooms on Lake Okeechobee. 👀

“It’s hard to tell what is incompetence and what is confusion and what is basically contemptuous trickery,” said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.). Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has been in contact with EPA in a bid to get funds released. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Let's talk about government inefficiency: Florida state govt has spent > $2 billion cleaning up Big Sugar's pollution. US govt forces consumers to pay twice the world market price of sugar via protections in the Farm Bill. DOGE ain't gonna fix this. We are. Sign now! www.everglades.org/rescue/

Red tide is fed by Lake Okeechobee discharges. Lake O discharges are caused by Big Sugar's rigged water-management system. Sign to be part of the solution: www.everglades.org/rescue/

“The waters of the rías are normally cold and the currents bring a lot of nutrients. With warming seas there are species of shellfish that can’t thrive in warm water... as the temperatures rise the shellfish industry is moving closer towards collapse.”

Banding together with strong grassroots communities is the most impactful thing we can do right now. In that vein, please take 1 minute to sign our Rescue the River of Grass petition, which maps out a solution for restoring one of the world's great ecosystems: www.everglades.org/rescue/

Learn more about the Only Everglades in the World and how you can support the mission of Friends of the Everglades at everglades.org.