Friends of the Everglades

Friends of the Everglades Preserve, Protect, Restore. Founded in 1969 by Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
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Florida's drinking water depends on clean water flowing south into the Everglades. Join us Oct. 7 for The Everglades Cli...
09/03/2026

Florida's drinking water depends on clean water flowing south into the Everglades. Join us Oct. 7 for The Everglades Climate Solution, a virtual session on how land acquisition south of Lake Okeechobee builds climate resilience.

Sign the Rescue petition and be part of the solution.
https://www.everglades.org/rescue/

The Everglades wouldn’t be the Everglades without them. Alligators are a keystone species, meaning the whole ecosystem d...
08/31/2026

The Everglades wouldn’t be the Everglades without them. Alligators are a keystone species, meaning the whole ecosystem depends on them to thrive. We love our gators, and we’ll always fight to protect their home 🐊💚

08/27/2026

Aerial images taken on August 25 by Ralph Arwood show an active algae bloom covering roughly 60 square miles on the south central portion of Lake Okeechobee.

Harmful algal blooms like this one take a serious toll on Florida. When damaging Lake O discharges are released to the northern estuaries, they can cost billions in lost tourism and property value. These discharges also damage habitats, reduce biodiversity and threaten the Everglades’ ability to provide clean water, wildlife habitat and flood protection. And toxic blooms can put vulnerable communities at risk — harming respiratory health, irritating skin and contaminating drinking water.

We know what needs to happen. Buy the land.

Securing at least 100,000 acres south of Lake O in the Everglades Agricultural Area for water storage and treatment would prevent harmful discharges, restore clean-water flow to the southern Everglades and Florida Bay and protect South Florida’s drinking water.

Sign the petition:https://www.everglades.org/rescue/

“My hope for the environment... is that we should pay more attention to how we’re treating our world.” Dolly Parton spen...
08/26/2026

“My hope for the environment... is that we should pay more attention to how we’re treating our world.”

Dolly Parton spent her life giving back, to people, to music and to the wild places she called home. Rest easy, Dolly. You’ll be deeply missed. 🦋

Big news: Friends of the Everglades has been named a nonprofit partner for the opening production of 's new season!Join ...
08/25/2026

Big news: Friends of the Everglades has been named a nonprofit partner for the opening production of 's new season!

Join us for an evening at the theatre in Coral Gables on Thursday, September 24, for a special final dress rehearsal of Weather Girl, a dark comedy about a California weather girl struggling to deliver forecasts about our climate-stricken planet with unflinching optimism. Beneath her sunshiny veneer lurks something fantastically primal, something that may be the key to saving us all.

You'll be among the first audience to see it, before the show even opens.

📍 GableStage, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables, FL (on the left side of the Biltmore)
🎟️ $25 tickets, $20 of every ticket goes straight to FOE
🔑 Use code EVERGLADES when booking
⚠️ Adult language and themes

Only 60 seats are reserved for our community, so grab yours early.
https://ow.ly/8mUK50ZFp5P

Stamped, sealed, delivered by Marjory Stoneman Douglas🐊✉️
08/25/2026

Stamped, sealed, delivered by Marjory Stoneman Douglas🐊✉️

🗣️Calling all divas, baddies and unproblematic kings: join the movement to Rescue the River of Grass! Water used to flow...
08/23/2026

🗣️Calling all divas, baddies and unproblematic kings: join the movement to Rescue the River of Grass!

Water used to flow south from Lake Okeechobee all the way to Florida Bay, feeding the Everglades with necessary, clean freshwater. Now, the flow has been altered by canals, levees and sugarcane fields. Polluted water is forced east and west, damaging fragile estuaries and destroying economies.

There is a solution, but the clock is ticking! Money is available for additional water storage and treatment and our science team has identified how many acres are needed to Rescue the River of Grass. Learn more at everglades.org/rescue. 🐊💧

Can art save the Everglades? 🎨🌿Our 2026 Karen Mashburn Environmental Scholar, Frances Josma, reflects on how creative ex...
08/20/2026

Can art save the Everglades? 🎨🌿

Our 2026 Karen Mashburn Environmental Scholar, Frances Josma, reflects on how creative expression shapes stewardship, from Marjory Stoneman Douglas's poetic "river of grass" to her own experience with eco-puppetry through Young Friends of the Everglades.

Before people protect a place, they often have to see it differently, and art helps make that shift.

Read more:

08/19/2026

There’s no better way to celebrate National Photography Day than with the work of legendary Everglades photographer Clyde Butcher.

We’re thrilled to partner with him again on a very special 2027 calendar. Each month pairs one of his stunning Everglades photographs with QR codes connecting you to our work protecting the River of Grass, and $10 of every purchase goes straight to that fight.

Get yours today. Link in bio!

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