Sometimes the most impactful thing you can do in the fight for clean water is to show someone else why you're fighting to protect this precious resource.

So, we hope you're out just enjoying the resource like us this weekend. Happy Easter from our family to yours.

Coastal communities and business are starting to feel the impacts of damaging high-volume Lake Okeechobee discharges.

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Here's more on how Everglades restoration will not only benefit the Everglades, it will also reduce damaging high-volume discharges to the coasts AND help keep Lake Okeechobee at lower, healthier levels.

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Here's an update from Capt. Mike Holliday on how long-term high-volume discharges from Lake Okeechobee impact the St. Lucie Estuary.

Sending it south is not just “redirecting the problem.” Here’s why 👆

The army corps of engineers will continue high-volume Lake Okeechobee discharges to the east and west coasts through March 29, followed by a 2-week rest period intended to bring salinity levels back up in the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries.

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More on Everglades restoration efforts and how this progress will benefit Florida's ecosystems, communities and the economy.

@cbsmornings The Everglades Foundation

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Here's more on Everglades restoration progress with Steve Davis, the Chief Science Officer for the Everglades Foundation.

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The political pressure we created on social media, the phone calls to representatives, and all the efforts in spreading awareness is what helped make sure this bill didn't pass 🙌

Jake, Blake and Packet paddle boarded across the ENTIRE state, a 150-mile journey beginning in Stuart, heading across Lake Okeechobee and ending on Fort Myers Beach.⁠ This was such a unique way to raise awareness for south Florida's water quality crisis 🙌

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Just thought this worth a share! Images from LightHawk 🌎🛩️'s algal bloom monitoring flight conducted yesterday showing Lake Okeechobee discharges to the east and west coasts of Florida.
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📢 BREAKING: The 'Toxic Spill Bill' is officially DEAD.

As the 2024 Florida Legislative Session nears its end, we’re celebrating another big win for Florida’s environment! 👏👏👏

DEP-proposed legislation (HB 1557/SB 1386) has unanimously passed in both the House of Representatives and Senate and is on its way to Ron DeSantis...

Here's an update from Capt. Tyler Carner on the water quality conditions we're seeing at the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River.⁠
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And stay tuned for updates on the status of the “Toxic Spill Bill” from our post yesterday—we’ll keep you updated on that as we get more details.

The “Toxic Spill Bill” is still out there and still a threat.

There haven’t been any amendments filed at the time of this posting, and the bill still hasn’t been heard on the floor of the House (which is a good thing). But we’re keeping an eye on it and we’ll keep you updated.

The sneaky 'Toxic Spill Bill' (SB 738/HB 789) affects EVERY SINGLE person in Florida, stripping legal rights from citizens who may have been harmed by pollution.

It protects big-time polluters and punishes hard-working people. Time to trash it 🗑 Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives

Two weeks into high-volume Lake O discharges and the difference downstream is already heartbreaking.⁠ Meanwhile, while our coasts are getting slammed with discharges, there’s a bad bill being proposed in Tallahassee.⁠

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As we’re dealing with damaging Lake O discharges, there are games going on in Tallahassee.

This bill is toxic by its very nature, limiting the liability of polluters in the event of a toxic spill.

We’re urging the Florida House NOT TO HEAR this bill.

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High-volume discharges started this morning, sending damaging amounts of polluted water to both coasts. Until major restoration projects to store, clean, and send this water south to the Everglades are completed, these discharges will still be a threat.
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The army corps recently announced that they're going to initiate high-volume damaging coastal discharges from Lake Okeechobee this Saturday.⁠
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So, here are some baseline photos of the east and west coasts that were taken this week—prior to Lake Okeechobee discharges.⁠