Effort to Save Everglades Falters as Funds Drop

[babylonsister]

Effort to Save Everglades Falters as Funds Drop
Barbara P. Fernandez for The New York Times

By ABBY GOODNOUGH
Published: November 2, 2007

MIAMI, Oct. 31 — The rescue of the Florida Everglades, the largest and most expensive environmental restoration project on the planet, is faltering.

Seven years into what was supposed to be a four-decade, $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction, federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Projects are already years behind schedule. Thousands of acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat continue to disappear, paved by developers or blasted by rock miners to feed the hungry construction industry.

The idea that the federal government could summon the will and money to restore the subtle, sodden grandeur of the so-called River of Grass is disappearing, too.

Supporters say the effort would get sorely needed momentum from a long-delayed federal bill authorizing $23 billion in water infrastructure projects, including almost $2 billion for the Everglades.

But President Bush is expected to veto the bill, possibly on Friday. And even if Congress overrides the veto, which is likely, grave uncertainties will remain.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/us/02everglades.html?ref=us

[pitohui]

1. our federal gov't doesn't give fuck all about wetlands

this surprises me not one little bit

their help to louisiana? a new sign at the border saying "america's wetlands"

i wish them all a wetland in their basement frankly