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If we only recognize it and seize it. Last month, every single Florida member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican and Democrat, wrote to President Joseph R. Biden urging him to seek ârobust fundingâ for the sporadically stalled environmental repair project that aims to redirect the flow of water south, as the Everglades used to do naturally. Thatâs right. Democrats like Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel joined with Republicans Brian Mast and the embattled Matt Gaetz to sign the same letter. Sen. Marco Rubio signed it, too, the first name on the list. And Sen. Rick Scott wrote his own letter asking Biden for âfull and robustâ Everglades funding. ....
There's no doubt that a thriving Everglades would be a great thing for this state. And dramatic progress for the ecosystem's restoration is long overdue. ....
If we only recognize it and seize it. Last month, every single Florida member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican and Democrat, wrote to President Joe Biden urging him to seek “robust funding” for the sporadically stalled environmental repair project that aims to redirect the flow of water south, as the Everglades used to do naturally. A smaller bipartisan group of Florida representatives followed up last week with a letter imploring a key House committee, Transportation and Infrastructure, to amply fund Everglades restoration as it begins considering legislation for Biden s proposed infrastructure package. In other words, even politicians who normally recoil at large, activist government projects are enthusiasts for correcting the 20th-century canal-building and swamp-draining that, while opening South Florida to agriculture, houses, malls and golf courses, have meant ecological disaster for the once-healthy River of Grass. ....