Everglades restoration is a sound investment in our environment that creates local jobs today! The recent report "Everglades Restoration Works!" is a collaborative effort by the Everglades Coalition to educate Floridians about the many beneficial economic impacts of Everglades restoration. 

Over the last three years, Everglades restoration projects have generated 10,500 jobs, and more than 442,000 jobs will be created over the next several decades in tourism, real estate and commercial and recreational fishing industries.

Other benefits to restoring America's Everglades include ensuring drinking water supply for one in three Floridians, saving jobs in the tourism, boating, and fishing industries, reducing the levels of toxic pollutants like methyl mercury that has been found in Florida fish, and protecting endangered wildlife like the Florida Panther and the Southern Bald Eagle.

You can find the full report and more information here.