The Trump administration just unveiled a plan to significantly narrow which bodies of water qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act. They proposed a new definition of what counts as a “water of the United States,” a change that would

Friends of the Everglades rose up this year to hold government accountable and fight for bedrock environmental laws. While our Alligator Alcatraz case continues, I invite you to support our work now through Nov. 20. All donations directly fund our mission: www.givemiamiday.org/Evesamples

"Our government seeks to roll back the clock to a time when wild places had no defense against greed and the people had no voice to answer special interests. Do not acquiesce to the flouting of laws. History is keeping score." — @evesamples.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...

This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something

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

Yes, they are jailing a longtime #Florida Everglades scientist today. On dubious charges. The case is about revenge politics against scientific studies that craven leaders don't want to conflict with their greenwashing "restoration" story. insideclimatenews.org/news/1707202...

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...

If DeSantis allows this "Alligator Alcatraz" to be built, he will lose any shred of Everglades credibility he once had. This is the site of the defeated Everglades Jetport, surrounded by wetlands. Marjory Stoneman Douglas founded @foreverglades.bsky.social in 1969 to protect this very site.

My heart aches 💔 this morning for all of the dedicated US federal workers suddenly fired yesterday. Hydrologists managing our world class stream gage network, forest service employees stewarding our extensive federal lands, and so much more. thehill.com/policy/energ...

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/

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/

“We have to pair these big earth-moving restoration projects with a meaningful regulatory system that is going to ensure that we have the right water quality and that we’re properly regulating polluters so that the system can thrive and these projects can work.”