Big Cypress advocates say Army Corps project threatens preserve - New Pelican

New Pelican

Big Cypress advocates say Army Corps project threatens preserve - New Pelican

By Judy Wilson | Associate EditorThree million dollars in American Relief Plan funding has resurrected an Everglades project that conservationists fear will destroy the ecosystem in the Big Cypress National Preserve.Juliana Oates demonstrates the size of a cypress tree in her Everglades backyard. [Tom Oates]WERP, the West Everglades Restoration Project, was abandoned in 2019 when the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to shelve it because of opposit…