Earthjustice has represented conservationists in more than two decades of legal disputes with agribusiness giant Lykes Brothers, Inc. over the public’s right to fish and boat on one of South Florida’s wildest waterways, Fisheating Creek in Glades County. The creek is a major tributary of Lake Okeechobee, and is a wild and scenic waterway which…

Lykes Brothers Co. pressured state to bar public’s right to use river

Lykes Brothers pressures state to bar public’s right to use river

A short video of Cowbone Marsh, taken on August 18, 2012. This is the part of Fisheating Creek that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is planning to fill with 50 million pounds of sand, cutting off the public’s access.

In closed-door meetings, state bows to Lykes Brothers pressure to block public’s access to river

What was supposed to be a conservation measure looked more like a development permit

State of Florida is considering buying a conservation easement on 24,000 acres in Glades County

Monica Reimer, an attorney in the Tallahassee office, writes about the only jury trial in the history of Earthjustice, an ultimately successful attempt to keep in public ownership a south Florida jewel known as Fisheating Creek.