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Florida makes deal with Army Corps to speed up reservoir construction

Posted on July 21, 2025

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army D. Lee Forsgren July 18, 2025, at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to build The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir by 2029.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army D. Lee Forsgren July 18, 2025, at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to build The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir by 2029.

Anna Upton, CEO of the Everglades Trust, a political non-profit organization committed to protecting the Everglades and three nationally important coastal estuaries. July 18, 2025.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the acting assistant secretary of the army signed an MOU to build The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir by 2029 at the JW Marriot Marco Island Beach Resort during the 38th Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School July 18, 2025.

Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army D. Lee Forsgren July 18, 2025, at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort signed a memorandum of understanding with Gov. Ron DeSantis to work together to build The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir by 2029.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army D. Lee Forsgren July 18, 2025, at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to build The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir by 2029.

“What Can Oysters Tell Us About the Restoration of the Everglades?” by Stephen Geiger, Ph.D., FWC, is Sept. 18.

Photo By Stephen Geiger

A tour of the Everglades.

Florida’s Paradise Coast, USA TODAY

Alligators crowd into the water that is left in a canal as the Florida Everglades National Park experiences a severe drought on May 19, 2025 in Everglades, Florida. Florida is experiencing its worst drought in 13 years, with parts of the Everglades drying up completely.

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