Florida Takes Reins Of Major Everglades Restoration Project

DeSantis Announces Florida’s Agreement with U.S. Army to Accelerate Everglades Restoration

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new agreement between the State of Florida and the Army that will accelerate progress on several key components of Everglades restoration, including the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir. The agreement, formalized through a Memorandum of Agreement and accompanying Memorandum of Understanding, allows Florida to assume a leading role in […] The post DeSantis Announces Florida’s Agreement with U.…

Florida Takes Reins Of Major Everglades Restoration Project

State Takes Control of Massive Water Quality and Restoration Effort Florida officials announced an agreement on Friday, allowing the state to assume management of a crucial U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project aimed at enhancing water quality and accelerating Everglades restoration. The state will now oversee the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) reservoir project, a vast […] Florida Takes Reins Of Major Everglades Restoration Project

Progress for Everglades restoration continues with newly opened C-43 reservoir | Conservancy of Southwest Florida

Progress for Everglades restoration continued on June 1, 2025, as water impressively jetted out into the newly opened C-43 reservoir in Hendry County. This long-awaited 18-square-mile reservoir project will store up to 55 billion gallons, or 170,000 acre-feet, of water from Lake Okeechobee to reduce harmful discharges to the Caloosahatchee Estuary during the wet season, while

DeSantis' Everglades paradox: promoting restoration while defending Alligator Alcatraz

‘It’s existing concrete. They’re not doing anything outside of that footprint.’