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Stimulus Includes $250 Million For Everglades Restoration

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Everglades backcountry. Photo courtesy Everglades National Park

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The long-awaited stimulus package approved by Congress Monday night includes $250 million for Everglades restoration. 

The state’s top Republican leaders — including Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott — had urged President Donald Trump for the spending. 

DeSantis has made Everglades restoration a central issue of his administration, after toxic algae gripped the state in 2018. 

Trump is expected to sign the measure in the coming days. 


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Amy Green covers the environment for 90.7 News. She is an award-winning journalist whose work has been heard on NPR and seen in PEOPLE, Newsweek, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor. She began her career at The Associated Press. Her book on the Everglades, under contract with Johns Hopkins ... Read Full Bio »

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