Everglades National Park Needs Our Help

NPCA is working hard to stop a massive limestone mining project from devastating Everglades National Park. If allowed, the mine would irreversibly destroy critical wetlands, threaten endangered species, and contaminate local drinking water supplies, all while costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

Although the Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for issuing permits to allow the mining, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the ultimate authority to stop the proposed mining project by denying necessary permits.

Earlier this year, a federal judge determined that the Corps violated the law when it issued permits to allow mining that would destroy more than 5,000 acres of wetlands near Everglades. But the Corps is now set to reissue those permits, as well as approve the destruction of additional wetlands. Together with existing mines, this would amount to converting 30 square miles of our treasured Everglades--an area nearly equal to the City of Miami's landmass--into mining pits. We can't let that happen!

If you haven't done so already, please take action now to protect Everglades National Park. Tell EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that current proposals will cause unacceptable damage to Everglades and that she must act now to stop the proposed mines.