Welcome - Help us protect the everglades
Our Mission is to preserve, protect, and restore the only Everglades in the world.
Our Goals:
• Compel government agencies to comply with existing environmental laws, and resist any efforts to weaken such laws
• Encourage politicians to recognize the long consequences of their actions.
• Spread awareness of the importance to the South Florida ecosystem.
Pictured at left: Our founder, Marjory Stoneman Douglas
about Friends of the Everglades
Friends of the Everglades is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to preserve, protect and restore the Everglades through education, outreach and advocacy.
The organization has approximately 4,000 members. Become a member and lend your voice to our mission.
Friends of the Everglades is led by a volunteer Board of Directors and assisted by two part-time employees.
We follow all legislative and developmental projects which impact the Everglades. We participate in all activities through which the public is involved in the legal decision-making processes.
When necessary, we legally challenge govermental and other practices which threaten the survival of the Everglades
We work to educate the public about Everglades Issues. Email us at friends@everglades.org to join our email alert network and receive timely Everglades related information.
Our Founder: Marjory Stoneman Douglas
A famous author and writer, Marjory Stoneman Douglas died in 1998 a the age of 108. She wrote "The Everglades: River of Grass" in 1947. Her father, Frank Stoneman, founded The Miami Herald. Ms. Douglas was awarded the Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian award, in 1993 by President Clinton for her work on behalf of the Florida Everglades.
