Friends Group · Miami, FL
Friends of the Everglades
Founded by Marjory Stoneman Douglas to defend the River of Grass
59¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1969
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending the Everglades?
7 groups have it in their care
National park in Florida, 1.51M acres, managed by the National Park Service, designated in 1947.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
4 groups are on the record for Everglades, 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.
Leading the fight
93–98% match
On the ground
Friends Group · Palmetto Bay, FL
Everglades Foundation
The science and restoration muscle behind Everglades protection
47 staff + 36 volunteers72¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1993
Also in the fight
Advocacy · Washington, DC
National Parks Conservation Association
Fights for Everglades restoration funding and against park encroachment
217 staff + 900 volunteers78¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1919
Advocacy · New York, NY
National Audubon Society
A century of wading-bird science and Everglades advocacy
1,185 staff + 7,500 volunteers80¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1905
4 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Florida
The situation
What’s happening to Everglades
The river of grass is dying. Decades of water diversion starved the Everglades of the sheet flow that once defined it, and now saltwater is pushing into its freshwater heart. The largest ecosystem restoration project in American history just had its funding slashed. Time and tide wait for no budget cycle.
- 1947Established as national park
- 2000CERP authorized -- largest restoration project in history
- 2025Restoration funding slashed in budget proposal
CERP restoration funding cut
Source: Congressional Budget Office · March 1, 2025
Development encroaching on eastern boundary
Source: South Florida Water Management District · February 15, 2025
No public comment window is open on Everglades 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.
In the courts
The cases over this place
The dockets we track that name Everglades directly. Active first.
ClosedFriends of the Everglades, Inc. v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityEleventh Circuit · filed 2025 · Docket ↗
Our reporting
What we’ve published on Everglades
Your move
How to stand for the Everglades
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