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Stuart commission backs 'Rescue the River of Grass' petition and selects environmental counsel
Summary
The City of Stuart adopted a resolution supporting Friends of the Everglades' Rescue the River of Grass petition and unanimously selected environmental attorney Ruth Holmes to negotiate a contract to represent the city on Everglades and river protection matters.
The City of Stuart Commission voted on May 20 to support the Friends of the Everglades’ “Rescue the River of Grass” petition and to select an environmental attorney to represent the city on Everglades and river protection matters.
The resolution signals local government support for a campaign to secure land and stormwater treatment south of Lake Okeechobee so that polluted discharges can be reduced and clean water restored to the southern Everglades and coastal estuaries. The commission then voted to select an environmental attorney and directed staff to negotiate a…
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