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Friends of the Everglades urges delegation to prioritize restoration and oppose detention‑center impacts

Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation · October 27, 2025

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Summary

Gil Smart of Friends of the Everglades urged lawmakers to pursue a new phase of Everglades restoration, criticized the Everglades Detention Center ("Alligator Alcatraz") for alleged habitat loss and lack of environmental review, and asked the delegation to support protections for wetlands and local planning authority.

Gil Smart, policy director for Friends of the Everglades, told the delegation his organization has filed legal challenges to the Everglades Detention Center (which the group called "Alligator Alcatraz") and said the facility is causing "irreparable harm" including new pavement and…

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