Friends Group · Miami, FL
Friends of the Everglades
Big Cypress is written into their mission
59¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1969
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending Big Cypress?
5 groups have it in their care
National park in Florida, 729,000 acres, managed by the National Park Service, designated in 1974.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
One group is on the record for Big Cypress, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
71–76% match
4 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Florida
The situation
What’s happening to Big Cypress
The freshwater lifeline of the Everglades and the last stronghold of the Florida panther. Big Cypress was established as a “preserve,” not a park, a legal distinction that left the door open to oil drilling. Seismic testing has already scarred this swamp, and new permits keep coming.
- 1974Established as national preserve
- 2025New oil exploration permits advance within preserve
Oil exploration permits advancing
Source: NPS · February 15, 2025
No public comment window is open on Big Cypress right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
Your move
How to stand for Big Cypress
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Their donation page ↗SpeakCall your representativesA ready call script on Big Cypress, plus any comment window as it opens.
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Threatened Lands MapBig Cypress has defenders. It needs more.
The work is theirs. The backing is yours.