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DeSantis approves $1.5 billion from Florida budget for Everglades restoration

The funding is separate from a bill DeSantis signed that designates money from the Seminole Tribe of Florida into buying and maintaining land in a state wildlife corridor

By News Service of Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he will approve $1.5 billion directed towards Everglades cleanup that was included in the budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, which he has not yet received. “I am going through all the things in the budget right now...

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