US Sugar to pack their bags in Florida

Florida to restore the River of Grass from Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades.

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and Deputy Secretary of the Interior Lynn Scarlett today congratulated Governor Charlie Crist, the South Florida Water Management District and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for announcing their commitment to acquire up to 187,000 acres of U.S. Sugar Corporation land to enhance restoration of the Everglades.

June 24, 2008 News link.
http://www.doi.gov/news/08_News_Releases/080624.html

Red Tide report for April 2008

A brief photo display of Red Tide, HAB, and pollution in Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach County.

The Harmful Algae Bloom exsists due to Agricultural runoff and Sewage pollution with a mux of Development waste.

We must Enforce the Federal Clean Water Act of 1972 today for Florida's future.

The drafters of the Clean Water Act foresaw failures in 1972.
The CWA allows citizens to sue the EPA for not doing their own
work or making sure the states do theirs. If the state agency
is failing to stop water pollution and permit violations,
citizens can file an 118a complaint letter to the commissioner
of DEP or EPA reporting the violation. The commissioner is
obligated to look into the lack of enforcement and report

Sign the Declaration of Reef Rights and the Enforce the Federal Clean Water Act petition online.

http://www.reefcheck.org/petition/petition.php

http://apps.facebook.com/petitions/view?pid=139396069

In Florida a steady Black River of Death and Pollution stretch to the Gulfstream Atlantic everyday from every port.

2 Coral Reef Initiatives Added to the site

In celebration of the International Year of the Reef 2008

EarthRehab & the Green License Plate campaign has added these 2 Outstanding Coral Reef Activists Foundations for Proceeds:

1. Reef Check- a Worldwide Ocean Advocate that has Global Leadership in addressing the current State of our Reefs, Water Quality Monitoring efforts, and Collaboration effectiveness for bringing about change
2. Reef Rescue of Palm Beach County- A Florida based Coral Reef Advocate with an on-going commitment to legislation and action vs. Ocean Sewage Pollution and a stricter Water Quality Monitoring Program utilizing collaborative efforts to bring about change.
We are very pleased to also add a MetaTag link for IYOR 2008 to our Foundations Links Page.

Visit EarthRehab today. Follow this link.

Red Algae off Jupiter Island

February 2008, I shot this photo of a Red Algae bloom at Coral Cove Park in Jupiter.

Click the photos, they are enlargeable.

The majority of the Reef is covered by what appears to be a Bleached Brain Coral.

Alot of pollution was drifting on top of the water, which may have caused me to be sick for 3 days.

Red Tide vs. Agriculture vs.Big Energy

I tried to link the 3 on the Environment Site,
http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=11566
I am also aware that the Florida DEP now accepts that Red-tide is due to run-off waters.