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    The Everglades Foundation released a statement regarding increased discharges from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River estuaries. Dr. Thomas Van Lent, the Foundation's Director of Science & Policy, stated that the continued discharges are proof that land needs to be purchased in the Everglades Agricultural Area to build a permanent storage solution. He urged Florida to buy a 26,100 acre parcel south of Lake Okeechobee to construct a reservoir that would reduce harmful discharges and protect the local economies, ecosystems, and water supply of nearly eight million people.

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    The Everglades Foundation released a statement regarding increased discharges from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River estuaries. Dr. Thomas Van Lent, the Foundation's Director of Science & Policy, stated that the continued discharges are proof that land needs to be purchased in the Everglades Agricultural Area to build a permanent storage solution. He urged Florida to buy a 26,100 acre parcel south of Lake Okeechobee to construct a reservoir that would reduce harmful discharges and protect the local economies, ecosystems, and water supply of nearly eight million people.

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    For Immediate Release

    Thursday, February 12, 2015


    Contact
    Sarah Bascom, sarah@bascomllc.com, 850.294.6636

    Statement by Everglades Foundation Director of Science & Policy


    Dr. Thomas Van Lent on Continued Releases from Lake Okeechobee
    Palmetto Bay, Fla. The Everglades Foundation today released the following statement,
    attributable to Director of Science & Policy Dr. Thomas Van Lent, Ph.D., regarding todays
    announcement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Lake Okeechobee discharges to the
    Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie River estuaries will be increased by 200 cubic feet per second
    (cfs).
    Todays event is just further proof that we need to buy land in the Everglades Agricultural Area
    (EAA) and build a permanent storage solution. If a reservoir were in place today, these
    precautionary dry-season releases would not be happening.
    We continue to urge the State of Florida to take advantage of a significant opportunity it has
    before it, and buy a strategic parcel of land a 26,100 acre area just south of Lake Okeechobee
    and build this badly-needed water storage reservoir. This investment in our states future will not
    only benefit the Everglades, but also help reduce these harmful discharges from Lake
    Okeechobee; and, in turn, prevent any further damage to our local economies and ecosystems, as
    well as protect the water supply for nearly eight million people.
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