The Everglades are like nothing else on Earth a vast, slow sheet of water gliding almost imperceptibly across a bed of sawgrass, the river of grass that Marjory Stoneman Douglas taught the nation to see. This subtropical wetland is a mosaic of marsh, cypress, mangrove, and tree island, home to wading birds by the thousand, to alligator and crocodile, and to the elusive Florida panther. A century of draining and diking brought it to the brink.
The organizations here fight to restore the natural flow of water south through the system, defend the wetlands and their wildlife, and press forward one of the largest ecosystem restoration projects ever attempted. Their work is a long redemption, an effort to let the river of grass flow freely once again.
Environmental Organizations in This Bioregion
19 organizations working across this landscape.
Beach Bucket Foundation
Beach cleanup stations made available publicly throughout Palm Beach County and Brevard County
BIG BLUE & YOU
Big Blue & You is the first ocean conservation non-profit to be founded and run by African American women and is a passionate proponent of intersectional enviro...
BLUE Missions
Connecting families with access to clean water and sanitation while cultivating a generation of global citizens through service driven travel.
Coral Restoration Foundation
Plant a coral. Restore a reef.
Dolphins Plus Oceanside Marine Mammal Responder, Inc.
DPMMR aims to connect people with our dolphins in hopes they will help our team protect marine mammals.
Everglades Foundation
OUR VISION: An Everglades with abundant fresh water for consumption, enjoyment, ecological health and economic growth for generations to come.
Friends of Fakahatchee
Preserve in the Florida Western Everglades
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Our mission is to inspire, strengthen and expand funding and philanthropic leadership that yield environmentally sustainable, socially equitable and economically pr...
Green Haven Project
Green Haven Project's mission is to empower residents to live a healthy sustainable life, through locally grown food.
LOVE THE EVERGLADES MOVEMENT
Love The Everglades Movement nurtures connection to the land with an intersectional approach that takes direction from local Indigenous Community's priorities.
Miami Waterkeeper
Later is too late when it comes to the climate crisis. Picture Miami: a sparkling jewel nestled between the vast Atlantic and the vibrant Everglades. But ben...
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)
REEF is an ocean conservation organization with programs that leverage the transformative potential of citizen science, public engagement, and education.
Save the Water™
Save the Water™ is 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to water research and raising public awareness on the issue of contaminated water.
Saving the Blue
501(c)(3) nonprofit - To recover and restore a variety of threatened marine species while connecting people to ocean wildlife.
TECHO
We are an organization made up of young volunteers that work along families living in informal settlements in Latin America to overcome poverty.
The International SeaKeepers Society
The International SeaKeepers Society facilitates oceanographic research, conservation, and education through direct involvement with the yachting community. SeaKeepe...
University of Miami Sustainability Garden
Further expand our commitment and the major efforts already underway to advance environmental responsibility across our University and reduce our carbon footprint.