Tag: amendment one

• DIrty Rats: SFWMD kicks us in the head

  

  South Florida Water Management District board Thursday rejected the proposal to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. land south of Lake Okeechobee.

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 15, 2015

  environmental, florida

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, big sugar, buy the land, clean water, dirty rats, environmental, everglades, everglades restoration, florida, indian river lagoon, nail in the coffin, sfwmd

• Michael Grunwald at the Elliot Museum

  

  Author Michael Grunwald speaks at the Elliot Museum in Stuart, Florida to a sold out crowd.

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 14, 2015

  environmental, my martin county

  amendment one, big sugar, buy the land, clean water, discharges, environmental, everglades coalition meeting 2015, everglades restoration, florida, florida legislators, green toxic algae, indian river lagoon, lake okeechobee, michael grunwald, northern eastuary, send clean water south, st lucie river

• May the fourth be with us! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. We must keep going!

  

  Toxic green algae fills lake Okeechobee. Here are some photos at Port Mayaca.

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 5, 2015

  environmental, florida, health, my martin county

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, big sugar, buy the land, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, discharges, environmental, everglades, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, green toxic algae, harmful discharges

• Chalksy, the Eco Terrorist

  

  The first time I met him he was “Mista Big Sugar.” Then he drew in chalk “Buy the land” with a fish symbol. He was told to stop or he would be arrested. Then the gate was locked due to ‘eco terrorist” activities. This is before they bomb you with toxic algae filled with microcystin.…

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 4, 2015

  environmental, florida, my martin county

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, big sugar, buy the land, Chalksy, clean water, eco terrorism, environmental, everglades, everglades restoration, everglades trust, ezra appel, florida, indian river lagoon, st lucie locks

• Toxic Algae Eve : Protest: Buy the land! May 3. St Lucie Locks

  

  Protest and march at Phipps park to protest upcoming discharges from Lake Okeechobee.

  Cyndi Lenz

  May 4, 2015

  environmental, my martin county

  amendment one, big sugar, buy the land, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, environmental, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, everglades trust, florida, florida legislators, indian river lagoon, martin county. florida, st lucie locks, st lucie river, stuart

• Post Earth Day Press Conferance (Video) Stuart FL April 29

  

  Rallies to support State Senator Joe Negron for his efforts to open the door to a sugar land purchase and call for further action

  Cyndi Lenz

  April 30, 2015

  environmental, florida, my martin county

  alan farago, amendment one, army corp of engineers, audobon, brack obama, buy the land, celeste de palma, chris dzadovsky, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, discharges, ed fielding, environmental, everglades, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, florida, indian river lagoon, Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch, jason Totois, martin county commission, mary perry, palm beach soil, stuart, troy macdonald

• Florida Leader of the House finally makes a decision “Screw it. Let’s go Home!”

  

  Instead of making a critical decision lawmakers in Florida decide to go home.

  Cyndi Lenz

  April 29, 2015

  environmental

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, buy the land, clean water, environmental, everglades restoration, florida, florida house of representatives, florida senate, green toxic algae, mark pafford, medicaid expansion, one minute manager, stephen crisafulli, surfs up

• Who’s going to be the party of clean water and no more discharges?

  

  In Florida the party of big sugar is both parties and they equally don’t care about this issue.

  Cyndi Lenz

  April 27, 2015

  environmental, florida, my martin county

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, big sugar, buy the land, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, environmental, everglades, everglades foundation, everglades restoration, florida, florida legislators, green toxic algae, indian river lagoon, lake okeechobee, miami herald, northern eastuary, repuplicans, send clean water south, st lucie river, stephen crisafulli, tallahasseee

• Discharges stopped for the moment

  

    Kenny Hinkle  Jr. and Captain Mike Connor went up to Port Mayaca and made a video and took photos showing green algae.

  Cyndi Lenz

  April 24, 2015

  environmental, florida, my martin county

  amendment one, army corp of engineers, buy the land, clean water, congressman patrick murphy, discharges, environmental, everglades restoration, florida, green toxic algae, indian river lagoon, lake okeechobee, mark perry, martin county. florida, mike connor, northern eastuary, send clean water south

• President Obama said “We want to restore the natural flow of the Everglades.”

  

  On #Earth Day 2015, President Obama came to the Everglades “If we don’t act there might not be an Everglades as we know it.”He talked about salt water intrusion, and how South Florida, 7 million Americans, get their drinking water from the Everglades.” President Obama said “We want to restore the natural flow of the…

  Cyndi Lenz

  April 23, 2015

  environmental, florida

  amendment one, barack obama, buy the land, clean water, cyndilenz, drinking water, environmental, everglades, everglades restoration, everglaedes national park, florida, florida legislators, salt water intrusion, send clean water south