The Importance of Wetland Restoration Efforts

Randall Weiseman Florida, Livestock, Nursery Crops, Specialty Crops, Sugar, USDA-NRCS, Vegetables

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced $100 million in financial assistance to acquire permanent easements from eligible landowners in Glades, Hendry, Highlands and Okeechobee counties and assist with wetland restoration on nearly 24,000 acres of agricultural land in the Northern Everglades Watershed. FL NRCS assistant state conservationist Roney Gutierrez explains why wetland restoration is so vital to our state.


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