Everglades

The proposed House budget would cut Everglades and water quality efforts by almost $500 million.

The proposed legislation comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis initiates a DOGE-like cost-cutting effort and suggests Florida should take over Everglades restoration from the federal government.

Growing research suggests that “black snow,” a byproduct of the sugarcane harvest, is harming residents’ health. The politically powerful sugar growers say the air quality meets standards.

A pair of environmental groups concerned about 11 Florida species have sued the Trump administration

The federal government moved to end its lease for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville, headquarters of the Jacksonville district and home to about 800 of the nearly 1,100 Florida-based employees.

We learn more about them Tom Siddons, who hosts a popular YouTube show about the fruit.

The Everglades Coalition Conference includes a series of panels looking at progress and what lies ahead. Attendees celebrated the durability and "all-in" attitude of the group, but also looked at setbacks.

Call them the Everglades influencers. They're the ones who wade deep into pristine sloughs and isolated cypress stands and come face-to-face with all sorts of amazing wildlife, all while boasting a major following that runs into the millions.

He said he will ask President-elect Donald Trump to give Florida authority over federal money. The proposed 2025-26 state budget includes $805 million for Everglades restoration and $330 million for targeted water quality projects.

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians. A plan approved by Congress in 2000 has aimed to undo some of the damages, but development, water quality and climate change are ongoing challenges.

A captive breeding program for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow could increase the number of wild birds and help manage disappearing nesting habitat that could flood under Everglades restoration.

‘We know climate change is affecting other species, so we need to get ready to see how it affects the species we have here in the Everglades.’