Letters and Position Statements

 

2010

January - Resolution Regarding Florida Forever
January - Resolution Regarding Oil Drilling
March - Letter to Sen. LeMieux regarding Climate Change Legislation
March - Letter to SFWMD Governing Board regarding the River of Grass Land Acquisition
March - Letter to Charman James Moran regarding FY2011 Interior Appropriations
March - Resolution Supporting Establishment of EPA Numeric Nutrient Standards in Florida Waters
May - Resolution Opposing Development of Everglades Corporate Park in Sunrise, Florida 

2009

January - Resolution to support the acquisition of U.S. Sugar lands for Everglades restoration
January - Letter to SFWMD on Environmental Resource Permit policy for BBCW footprint
January - Resolution on Climate Change and Everglades Restoration
February - Resolution in Support of the Department of Interior Vision and Plan for Successful Everglades Restoration
April - Resolution to oppose FPL's request for a CDMP amendment to allow mining
April - Letter to State Senator J.D. Alexander regarding Aquatic Preserves proposed budget cuts
September - Letter to the Florida Delegates - 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
September - Letter to EPA regarding Lakebelt Mining Permits
November - Letter to SFWMD regarding the CERP C-111 Spreader Canal project
November - Letter to Lowes, Inc. requesting it abandon its appeal to develop a store adjacent to America's Everglades
November - Letter to FDEP Secretary Mike Sole regarding proposed designated use
December - Letter to Senator Bill Nelson regarding python importation into the United States
December - Letter to Congressman Kendrick Meek regarding python importation into the United States

2008

January - Resolution to support the Blue Shanty Option for Tamiami Trail
March - Resolution to support Florida Forever Successor Program
March - Resolution to support holding the Miami Dade Urban Development Boundary
March - Resolution to oppose a landfill adjacent to Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
March - Letter to DCA Secretary Pelham on the EAA as an Area of Critical State Concern
March - Resolution to support a successor program to Florida Forever
April - Letter to Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Statewide Stormwater Treatment Rule
April - Letter to Palm Beach County Commissioner Addie Greene on Mining in the Everglades Agricultural Area
April - Letter to Representative Cannon on the Department of Community Affairs Budget Cuts
July - Resolution to support expediting Phase 1 of the CERP C-111 Spreader Canal Project
July - Recommendations for the EAA with U.S. Sugar purchase
September - Letter to DCA Secretary Pelham on the Miami Dade County Urban Development Boundary
November - Letter to Senator Nelson on CERP Funding
December - Letter to Corps on the Interim Operating Criteria for the 8.5 Square Mile Area Project

2007

January - Resolution to address the Florida Bay Algae Bloom
January - Resolution to oppose coal-fired power plants within the historic Everglades
June - Letter to Governor Crist on the Broward County Water Preserve Areas
October - Letter to Miami Dade County Commission on Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Expansion
October - Resolution  to support denial of FPL's Zoning Permit application for Turkey Point Expansion

2005

January - Recommendations for EAA Sustainability and Aquifer Storage and Recovery

2003--2004

September - Letter to Miami-Dade Mayor Penelas on veto of rock mining ordinance
Press Release on land use moratorium for EAA, July 2004
Letter to State officials re: land use moratorium in EAA, July 2004
Resolution on land use moratorium for EAA, July 2004
Resolution opposing the Scripps Institute-proposed Mecca Farms site, July 2004
Letter to Miami-Dade County Commissioners requesting denial of rockmining ordinance changes, May 2004
Combined Structural and Operational Plan Letter, May 2003
 Indian River Lagoon South Resolution, June 2003
Atlantic Civil Letter, July 2003
Position Statements, August 2003

Everglades Vision Documents

Everglades for Everglades Restoration
Essential Priorities for 2007 with Action Plan
Everglades Restoration: A 2010 Vision, 2004
Everglades Restoration: A Vision of the First Ten Years, 2002 Re-release
Everglades Restoration, A Vision of the First Ten Years, 2001
Everglades 2000: A Time to Act, An Agenda for Action, 2000
Everglades Restoration: Strategies for Success, The Vision of the Everglades Coalition, 1998
The Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Plan, 1994
Everglades in the 21st Century, The Water Management Future, 1993