Regional Office:
Florida
Map: Florida
Water rules over much of Florida. Our Florida office stops destructive phosphate mining in central Florida and protects the state's precious waterways from agricultural runoff, which is often laden with chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
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Florida

About Our Work

Water rules over much of Florida. Lakes, wetlands and rivers bring life to Florida's most important natural features: the Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, and the state's mangrove forests and beaches. Our Florida office stops destructive phosphate mining in central Florida and protects the state's precious waterways from agricultural runoff, which is often laden with chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

 

Quick Facts

Year opened: 1990
Appeals court: Eleventh Circuit

 

Office Information

111 South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 681-0031
floffice @earthjustice.org

 

Office Spotlight

Earthjustice Managing Attorney David Guest takes on the swamp creatures—alligators, politicans, slime, and polluters. They're all in a life's work for this legendary Earthjustice attorney. Learn about the work of Earthjustice's Florida regional office.  Read more.

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