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Nicole Forbis started this petition to Governor Rick Scott and 2 others
We are witnessing the death of our entire ecosystem.
First to die were the fish: smaller fish first, then medium sized, and all the way up to 250 lb goliath groupers.
Then went the endangered sea turtles: first the newly hatched babies, and now the adults.
Then the sharks began to die: from nurse sharks all the way up to whale sharks.
Then the manatees started dying, another of our endangered species. Yesterday in Cape Coral, right outside the town hall discussing this, 3 dead adults came to the dock and died, as a baby manatee clung to its lifeless mother, still trying to suckle while it too, died.
Now the dolphins are washing up on shore and so are birds.
Now, you might read all of this and look at the pictures and say, this is a far cry from our entire ecosystem collapsing, and I get that, but think on this.
What do our birds eat? Dead animals from red tide (K. Brevis) and the blue/ green algae (Cyanobacteria)
What do our rodents eat? Dead animals from red tide and the blue/ green algae
What do our insects eat? Dead animals from red tide and the blue/ green algae
What do our land mammals eat? The birds, rodents and insects that eat the dead animals from red tide and the blue/ green algae.
What do we eat? Fresh fish, clams, mussels from the gulf poisoned by red tide.
What air does every living thing breathe? The air filled with toxic bacteria.
What about people who don't live on the water?
- When it rains, the toxic bacteria is spread from the gulf inland, raining down toxic algae on EVERYTHING.
Now think of all the animals drinking the water as it makes its way inland through canals, rain and flooding from heavy rain?
See the death spiral, here
How can you help?
SIGN THIS PETITION SHARE THIS MESSAGE Use hashtags: #SaveSWFL and #ToxicTide
Share that the people responsible are Big Sugar, the government, the Army Corp of Engineers and the EPA.
Big Sugar was allowed to buy ALL the land between Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades to plant their sugarcane. By doing so, they cut off the natural path of the water from the natural springs upstate to the Everglades and are being allowed to dump chemicals into Lake Okeechobee.
All of this adds up to a natural disaster.
1. No where for the water to go.
2. Toxic chemicals being dumped into the lake.
3. Water so toxic that the east coast of florida sued the Army Corp of Engineers to clean it first, but the ACoE claims they didn't know it was too toxic for the gulf coast.
4. The Everglades are dying from lack of fresh water.
5. Now the entire fragile marine ecosystem is collapsing.
The $ is there.
We, the people of Florida voted and passed legislation years ago setting aside $750 million dollars a year to deal with this kind of thing and it's being spent on administrative budgets instead of land conservation and revitalization like it legally mandates.
SWFL has been trying to solve this problem for years, with no success and now it's most likely too late to reverse this, but it's not too late to stop it.
SHARE THIS MESSAGE
We need to put excruciating pressure on the president, Congress and Governor Rick Scott to take action. With the EPA being dismantled, now more than ever must we stand together and raise hell until substantive actions are taken towards fixing this ecological destruction.
Do your part, sign this petition and share it on social media, sharing it with at least one friend who you know will sign or share.
If WE don't do something, nothing will change. ♡
P.S. People keep saying it's not that bad further south in Naples, however that's because the city is reported to be cleaning up the beaches before dawn to make tourists and locals think nothing is wrong. This is not okay and why we must speak up!
We are witnessing the death of our entire ecosystem.
First to die were the fish: smaller fish first, then medium sized, and all the way up to 250 lb goliath groupers.
Then went the endangered sea turtles: first the newly hatched babies, and now the adults.
Then the sharks began to die: from nurse sharks all the way up to whale sharks.
Then the manatees started dying, another of our endangered species. Yesterday in Cape Coral, right outside the town hall discussing this, 3 dead adults came to the dock and died, as a baby manatee clung to its lifeless mother, still trying to suckle while it too, died.
Now the dolphins are washing up on shore and so are birds.
Now, you might read all of this and look at the pictures and say, this is a far cry from our entire ecosystem collapsing, and I get that, but think on this.
What do our birds eat? Dead animals from red tide (K. Brevis) and the blue/ green algae (Cyanobacteria)
What do our rodents eat? Dead animals from red tide and the blue/ green algae
What do our insects eat? Dead animals from red tide and the blue/ green algae
What do our land mammals eat? The birds, rodents and insects that eat the dead animals from red tide and the blue/ green algae.
What do we eat? Fresh fish, clams, mussels from the gulf poisoned by red tide.
What air does every living thing breathe? The air filled with toxic bacteria.
What about people who don't live on the water?
- When it rains, the toxic bacteria is spread from the gulf inland, raining down toxic algae on EVERYTHING.
Now think of all the animals drinking the water as it makes its way inland through canals, rain and flooding from heavy rain?
See the death spiral, here
How can you help?
SIGN THIS PETITION SHARE THIS MESSAGE Use hashtags: #SaveSWFL and #ToxicTide
Share that the people responsible are Big Sugar, the government, the Army Corp of Engineers and the EPA.
Big Sugar was allowed to buy ALL the land between Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades to plant their sugarcane. By doing so, they cut off the natural path of the water from the natural springs upstate to the Everglades and are being allowed to dump chemicals into Lake Okeechobee.
All of this adds up to a natural disaster.
1. No where for the water to go.
2. Toxic chemicals being dumped into the lake.
3. Water so toxic that the east coast of florida sued the Army Corp of Engineers to clean it first, but the ACoE claims they didn't know it was too toxic for the gulf coast.
4. The Everglades are dying from lack of fresh water.
5. Now the entire fragile marine ecosystem is collapsing.
The $ is there.
We, the people of Florida voted and passed legislation years ago setting aside $750 million dollars a year to deal with this kind of thing and it's being spent on administrative budgets instead of land conservation and revitalization like it legally mandates.
SWFL has been trying to solve this problem for years, with no success and now it's most likely too late to reverse this, but it's not too late to stop it.
SHARE THIS MESSAGE
We need to put excruciating pressure on the president, Congress and Governor Rick Scott to take action. With the EPA being dismantled, now more than ever must we stand together and raise hell until substantive actions are taken towards fixing this ecological destruction.
Do your part, sign this petition and share it on social media, sharing it with at least one friend who you know will sign or share.
If WE don't do something, nothing will change. ♡
P.S. People keep saying it's not that bad further south in Naples, however that's because the city is reported to be cleaning up the beaches before dawn to make tourists and locals think nothing is wrong. This is not okay and why we must speak up!
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