Save Our Swamps

Save Our Swamps

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SOS - Save our Swamps 

Swamps and other wetlands are absolutely integral to clean water. Wetlands filter out pollutants, provide habitat for native wildlife, and absorb water during flood events. Senate Bill 492 / House Bill 1175 will make it easier for developers to destroy these important ecosystems. 

Currently if a developer wants to destroy wetlands, they are required to purchase credits from a wetland mitigation bank to offset the harm that they are doing. These credits essentially represent improvements to wetlands located on property other than the property that is being developed, and are intended to offset the harm to the ...

SOS - Save our Swamps 

Swamps and other wetlands are absolutely integral to clean water. Wetlands filter out pollutants, provide habitat for native wildlife, and absorb water during flood events. Senate Bill 492 / House Bill 1175 will make it easier for developers to destroy these important ecosystems. 

Currently if a developer wants to destroy wetlands, they are required to purchase credits from a wetland mitigation bank to offset the harm that they are doing. These credits essentially represent improvements to wetlands located on property other than the property that is being developed, and are intended to offset the harm to the watershed. Currently credits are required to be located in the same watershed as the impacts. 

This bill would allow credits for wetland destruction to be purchased from wetland mitigation banks located outside of the watershed where the harm is occurring. This runs the risk of creating pollution hotspots where wetlands will be destroyed in one place and credits will be purchased in an area far away with little to no ecological connection. 

Bottom Line: These bills will lead to more wetland destruction across the state. 

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Tell the Senate Rules Committee to Vote NO on Senate Bill 492

Senate Bill 492 entitled 'Mitigation Banking' only has one committee stop left, so take action NOW!

It only takes a couple of minutes to email members of the Senate Rules Committee to let them know that you oppose this effort to allow the destruction of Florida's iconic wetlands. Take a moment now and urge them to VOTE NO on SB 492. 

Customized emails are more impactful. You can include things like:

  • Examples of the ecosystem services that wetlands provide (habitat, pollution removal, flood water retention). 
  • A plea not to allow the use of wetland mitigation credits in places far away from where the wetland destruction is taking place. 
  • An assertion that this bill will create pollution hotspots since mitigation will no longer be required to take place in the same basin as the impact. 

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