DeSantis can rescue Florida’s wetlands. Will he?
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board When federal officials handed off authority over wetlands across Florida to the state, environmentalists worried...
Save the seagrass, save the lagoon and save the manatees
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Over the past 16 months, the people fighting to save Florida’s gentle, beloved manatees have...
Fight to keep starving manatees alive
By The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board This week’s frigid snap had many Floridians worried about the fate of cold-stressed and starving...
Florida’s leaders need to act quickly to save land that will connect the state’s existing preserves and protect our wildlife
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Across Florida, more than 10 million acres of land are being managed for conservation...
Florida’s manatees are starving and government officials need to act quickly to save them and the lagoon system that supports them
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board There’s no way to pretend Florida’s manatees aren’t endangered. They are. In every sense...
Water management boards have enough people now, just not the right ones
The Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Just five months ago, some of Florida’s water management districts were barely hanging on, their...
Self-styled environmental savior Ron DeSantis is letting water boards wither
By the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board When Ron DeSantis took office in January 2019, the St. Johns River Water Management District...
Trump’s dream of oil rigs off Florida’s coasts: Another reason to vote against him
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board The U.S. Interior Department tweeted Wednesday that a Politico report about plans to jump-start oil exploration...