Everglades restoration and economic stimulus go hand-in-hand
SFWMD is pushing to get a chunk of the economic stimulus money from Congress and use it for Everglades restoration projects, on the grounds that it will create more than 2,000 jobs in S. FL:
"On Wednesday, leading conservation groups held a conference call in support of including money not just for environmental restoration but for national parks and wilderness areas."
"This week, water district Director Carol Wehle sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. She pledged at last weekend's Everglades Coalition conference to get the money. Ms. Wehle calculated that $1.16''billion from Washington could finance 10 projects that would create "more than 900 direct jobs annually, 2,000 jobs over the life of the projects and another 21,000 indirect jobs," according to the Association of General Contractors."
Read the article here.
"On Wednesday, leading conservation groups held a conference call in support of including money not just for environmental restoration but for national parks and wilderness areas."
"This week, water district Director Carol Wehle sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. She pledged at last weekend's Everglades Coalition conference to get the money. Ms. Wehle calculated that $1.16''billion from Washington could finance 10 projects that would create "more than 900 direct jobs annually, 2,000 jobs over the life of the projects and another 21,000 indirect jobs," according to the Association of General Contractors."
Read the article here.
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