March 2000

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  News

21-Mar-00
•  Senate panel OKs plan to spend $100M a year on Everglades restoration
© 2000 Naples News, published 21-Mar-00

20-Mar-00
•  Trusted exec on water district resigns 
© 2000 The Palm Beach Post, published 20-Mar-00

16-Mar-00
•  U.S. House of Representatives, by vote of 226 to 182, passed H.R. 2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 1999

© 2000 Miami Herald, published 16-Mar-00

•  Glades restoration cost splinters coalition 
© 2000 Miami Herald, published 16-Mar-00

14-Mar-00
•  Official: Local residents must help stem federal failure in preserving lands
© 2000 Naples News, published 14-Mar-00


13-Mar-00
•  Critics: Takings legislation `biggest land grab of the century' 
© 2000 Tampa Tribune, published 16-Mar-00

•  Discovery.com Article on the Everglades
© 2000 Discovery.com, published 13-Mar-00


05-Mar-00
•  Hungry Asian eel could threaten Everglades
© 2000 Naples News, published 05-Mar-00

04-Mar-00
•  The Record: Neither GOP candidate gets Sierra Club approval
© 2000 New York Times, published 05-Mar-00

•  Bill seeks millions for lake cleanup
© 2000 The Palm Beach Post, published 04-Mar-00


02-Mar-00
•  House panel chairman: Everglades restoration 'going to go forward'
© 2000 Naples News, published 02-Mar-00

•  Alabama, Florida and Georgia fight crucial water war
© 2000 New York Times, published 02-Mar-00

01-Mar-00
•  Hearings & Testimony: Restoration of the Everglades and South Florida Ecosystem 

Former Dean Mary E. Doyle's testimony
Now Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

See below, under Legislation - Congressional testimony, for complete witness list.

   
  Press Releases

 

  Campaign 2000

01-Mar-00
•  League of Conservation Voters
2000 Presidential Profiles

•  Bill Bradley Environmental Updates 
•  George W. Bush Environmental Updates
•  Al Gore Environmental Updates
•  Alan Keyes Environmental Updates
•  John McCain Environmental Updates

  Litigation


  Legislation

  New Bills

•  H.R. 2372 to be voted on 
H.R. 2372, Rep. Canady's [R-FL] "Private Property Rights Implementation Act" (TAKINGS BILL) will be MARKED-UP and VOTED on by the Full HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 and is likely to come to the Floor of the full House of Representatives the following week.

•  Search Thomas 

  Congressional Testimony

•  Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment

01-Mar-00
•  Hearings & Testimony: Restoration of the Everglades and South Florida Ecosystem 

WITNESSES

PANEL I

Representative E. Clay Shaw, Jr.
Representative Carrie P. Meek
Representative Peter Deutsch
Representative Porter J. Goss
Representative Mark Foley

PANEL II

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Honorable Joseph W. Westphal, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Civil Works)
Washington, D.C.
Accompanied by: Mr. Michael L. Davis
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Policy and Legislation
Washington, D.C.

U.S. Department of the Interior
Ms. Mary E. Doyle
Counselor to the Secretary
Washington, D.C.

PANEL III

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Honorable David B. Struhs
Secretary
Tallahassee, Florida

South Florida Water Management District
Mr. Michael Collins
Governing Board Chairman
West Palm Beach, Florida

Miccosukee Tribe
Mr. Billy Cypress
Chairman
Miami, Florida

PANEL IV

U.S. Sugar Corporation
Mr. Malcolm S. (Bubba) Wade
Senior Vice President
Clewiston, Florida

The United States Property Owners & Friends of the
8.5 Square Mile Area, Inc.
Ms. Ibel Aguilera
Director
Miami, Florida

Audubon of Florida
Dr. Stuart D. Strahl
President & CEO
Miami, Florida

 

  Regulations


  Case Law


  Law Review Articles


  Reports


  Research


  Conferences



  Links

•  League of Conservation Voters
2000 Presidential Profiles

•  Bill Bradley Environmental Updates 
•  George W. Bush Environmental Updates
•  Al Gore Environmental Updates
•  Alan Keyes Environmental Updates
•  John McCain Environmental Updates

Credit:
Everglades photograph courtesy Philip Greenspun

 

Revised:  05/25/03