tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24131657662697307412024-03-04T20:11:33.452-08:00Nathaniel P. ReedThis blog has been set up strictly for the posting of speeches given by Nathaniel Reed. Comments and requests will not be answered via this site.Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-88141414925141104872018-08-30T08:44:00.000-07:002018-12-11T09:40:03.920-08:00Nathaniel P. Reed’s Memorial Service<div style="text-align: center;">
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Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-12716456250582887042018-08-15T10:49:00.002-07:002018-08-15T10:49:24.963-07:00TROUBLE IN PARADISE
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Florida's
environment is the foundation of our quality of life and our economy. It's a
treasured asset for longtime residents and a magnet for new Floridians and
tourists, both arriving in huge numbers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">But Florida's environment faces serious risks. It's critical that
all of our state's elected leaders are aware of these risks and ready to face
them with decisive action. Time is of the essence. Moving decisively on these
issues now is essential to avoid disaster.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Today, August 15, a coalition of environmental and public interest
organizations in Florida are releasing a report entitled "Trouble in
Paradise," available at <a alt="http://troubleinparadiseflorida.org/." href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001nRHvce5IXC2sdGLkjVfu6DVZzWZFN-lUFDEJTmuZD8L93AfCHhUyoZPR1MWAOI4damrGBXkU0SUJEfR2kk6--HDwmM0oy8Eslqa_03VajeZroKG_K2ZP2iyu5fzYSCWJOAM0Awy2xNb0QQydCakns03kqxXRZaORwAwdN0J1JsXBe-s9yq6F3TkCzdRZYBCx&c=2NFhlGUsPGwv5pj3X_loYwxXn-Mr-FW3Pr-suUrNgvjmHfzn9l1GFw==&ch=KSYq1wEw7MYszA0wH7l79FFaJFdm5f3Xdbw53w8ROBUcOgffr-fq7w==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://troubleinparadiseflorida.org/.</span></a> This
report outlines six major statewide issues threatening our state's environment
and our residents' quality of life. The report also identifies four of
Florida's many natural resource areas that are at risk and deserve special
attention from state leaders. It was spearheaded by the late Nathaniel
Pryor Reed, who founded 1000 Friends of Florida and continued to serve as its
Chairman Emeritus until his passing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Trouble in Paradise" doesn't just spotlight
environmental problems. It also lays out a path to solutions by naming six
essential policy goals. To achieve them, the next governor will need to appoint
committed, capable leaders to key state and regional agencies. Legislators will
need to provide the necessary legislation and funding, and local leaders will
need to tackle these issues in their communities and regions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We hope all candidates for office will seriously consider its
diagnoses of our state's environmental problems and follow its prescription for
positive change. We also hope all voters will support candidates who will
play a leadership role in addressing Florida's growing environmental crises.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">While the challenges facing Florida are many, now is the time to
chart a better, more sustainable course for our beloved state's
future. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please take some time to read <a alt="http://troubleinparadiseflorida.org/" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001nRHvce5IXC2sdGLkjVfu6DVZzWZFN-lUFDEJTmuZD8L93AfCHhUyoVUAyk3SvI5LeA1gVIKnVYRMrKUfUjBR2eodbfWFJEKzIn-AANuAKjEdd-ECM7s5Unjg3VGEAxIzJTq6tlhcVeRNn2CF7pNo5dvWYGJTKq25DrRa-TWAiQ8Nbqz1wjrCXt68fio20-VW&c=2NFhlGUsPGwv5pj3X_loYwxXn-Mr-FW3Pr-suUrNgvjmHfzn9l1GFw==&ch=KSYq1wEw7MYszA0wH7l79FFaJFdm5f3Xdbw53w8ROBUcOgffr-fq7w==" linktype="1" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on"><span style="color: blue;">Trouble in Paradise</span></a>, ask your
candidates for office about their positions on these critical environmental
issues, and vote accordingly. Florida's future depends on it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-72575197110383953182018-07-18T08:41:00.004-07:002018-07-18T08:41:43.775-07:00Obituary of Nathaniel P. Reed
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nathaniel Pryor Reed died July 11, 2018, eleven days short
of his 85th birthday. He leaves his wife of 54 years, Alita, two sons, Adrian
and Nathaniel Jr., a daughter, Lia, and five grandchildren.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In his 2017 book <em>Travels on the Green Highway -- An
Environmentalist’s Journey</em>, Reed quoted his mother as proclaiming that he came
into the world “casting a fishing rod.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He exited the same way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reed had just landed and released a bright, 16-pound
Atlantic salmon from his beloved Grand Cascapedia River in Quebec when he fell
and struck his head on rocks. He never regained consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shortly before that trip he had said to a friend, “If I die,
I hope it’s there. ”Reed -- a lifelong Republican who proudly upheld the
traditional values of his party (such as conserving) -- was arguably the most
eloquent and effective advocate for fish, wildlife and nature of the 20th and
21st centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the odds seemed hopelessly stacked against him he stood
tall, literally and figuratively. And more often than not he won. He worked for
six Florida governors and two U.S. presidents, leading the charge on most every
major environmental battle that came up.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He founded 1000 Friends of Florida (and served both as
president and board chair). He also served on the boards of the Everglades
Foundation (which he helped found), The Nature Conservancy, the Atlantic Salmon
Federation, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Audubon
Society, Yellowstone National Park, the National Geographic Society and the
South Florida Water Management District.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Polluters and developers weren’t wrong when they called him
a “zealot.” But what made Reed unique among zealots were his world-class people
skills. He was adept at building alliances even with former adversaries. He
understood when to take charge and when to delegate, when to speak and when to
listen, when to demand action and when to be patient. He wrote long, eloquent
letters and emails to most everyone he worked with or even against.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On his return to Florida from military service in 1960 Reed
was appalled and outraged at the environmental destruction that confronted him.
He promptly joined The Nature Conservancy, which had protected the Mianus River
Gorge near the Reed family home in Greenwich, Connecticut. (In due course he
would become vice chair of the Conservancy’s board and one of its most generous
supporters.) And he joined every “Friends” group of every river, beach, lake
and unique landscape.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1965 he met Florida gubernatorial candidate Claude Kirk
Jr., a powerful ally who would provide him the political muscle to stop, or at
least slow, much of the destruction of Florida’s fish and wildlife habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For Kirk’s stance against what was widely viewed as
“progress” the candidate was dismissed by pundits as a “fool” and maverick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But, as Kirk’s most energetic and effective campaigner, Reed
propelled him to a decisive win. In return Kirk hired him as his environmental
advisor at the same yearly salary Reed would demand from all employers for the
rest of his life -- $1 (because, as he accurately noted, no one he knew was
less in need of money).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kirk gave Reed broad responsibilities to acquire, restore
and protect habitat, clean up industrial and municipal pollution, prevent
wetlands drainage and take a stance against what Reed called Florida’s credo of
“growth-at-any-cost” and “rape-and-run, avarice and greed.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Among Reed’s more impressive Florida victories was stopping
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from completing its 182-mile-long
Cross-Florida Barge Canal, one of the most destructive boondoggles ever
perpetrated on U.S. taxpayers. The project would have destroyed the entire
length of the fish-and-wildlife-rich Ocklawaha River that collects water from a
2,800-square-mile sanctuary for vanishing plants and animals, many found
nowhere else.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There would have been vast impoundments connected by
excavated channels and accessed by five locks. The giant gutter would have run
from Jacksonville south and upstream on the St. Johns River (to be dredged),
overland to the Ocklawaha (to be dredged and impounded), to a point near Silver
Springs (thereby destroying most of the Silver River), then overland again to
the Withlacoochee River (to be channelized, dredged, and impounded), and on to
Yankeetown and the Gulf of Mexico.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kirk had endorsed the project until Reed sternly set him
straight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“What’s this canal that people are complaining about,”
President Nixon inquired of Kirk in October 1970. “Are you building it?”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“No, you are,” Kirk replied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reed and his allies (including the National Audubon Society,
which ran a piece in its magazine exposing the environmental costs of the
Cross-Florida Barge Canal) ultimately convinced Nixon to kill the project,
nearly a third of which had been completed. Some of the destruction persists in
the festering, weed-choked deadwater impounded by Rodman Dam, the only dam in
the nation without even an alleged function. But there is mounting pressure to
remove it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reed played the key role in preventing the Dade County Port
Authority from constructing a jetport with six-mile-long runways on 39-square
miles of Everglades it had acquired just north of the National Park. The plan
also included a 1,000-foot-wide transportation corridor from coast to coast, a
high-speed mass-transit system, and a “recreational waterway” for airboats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">He enlisted The Nature Conservancy and other partners to
purchase Lignumvitae Key and place it under state ownership, thereby saving
this vital wildlife habitat and Florida’s finest bonefish flat. The previous
owners had planned a causeway from U.S. 1 that would have unleashed an orgy of
slap-dash development and required the dredging of Florida Bay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reed was instrumental in the creation of Big Cypress
National Reserve, east of Naples.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Had it not been for Reed and the allies he stood with and
inspired, Biscayne Bay would now look like Pompano Beach or worse. Instead it’s
a national park, teeming with aquatic and terrestrial life including one of the
world’s largest coral reefs and the East Coast’s longest stretch of mangrove
forest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nixon liked Reed’s style and, especially, his stellar
reputation in the Democrat-riddled environmental community. So he hired him as
his Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and National Parks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I don’t give a damn about the environment,” Reed quoted
Nixon as telling him. “I have other priorities. I want a brilliant record,
better than Kennedy’s and I don’t want to be bothered by you or anybody else.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“What’s this stuff I’ve been hearing about called DDT and
what should we do about it?” Nixon continued.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Mr. President,” Reed replied, “it’s a nasty biocide that’s
killing our wildlife and maybe us. We need to ban it; and if you disagree, I’m
not interested in the job.” Nixon told him to make it happen, and he did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nearly as insidious as DDT was a biocide called Compound
1080, used by ranchers to kill coyotes, bobcats and cougars but which also
killed bald eagles, golden eagles, foxes, badgers, pet dogs and every feathered
and furred creature that scavenged poisoned predators or even the poisoned
scavengers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It had been Compound 1080 that extirpated wolverines from
the contiguous states. Reed got it banned; and wolverines began their recovery,
ongoing to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reed helped permanently protect 80 million acres of Alaska.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Had it not been for Reed, America would be without the
Marine Mammals Protection Act, the intact and expanded Redwoods National Park,
the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 1972, when word came down that powerful polluters had
prevailed on Nixon to veto the Clean Water Act, Reed announced his resignation.
But the president’s Chief Domestic Advisor, John Ehrlichman, told him that
Congress would probably override the veto. Congress did; and Reed stayed on,
continuing his environmental leadership under Presidents Nixon and Ford.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At our first and best loved national park, Yellowstone, Reed
was dismayed to see grizzly bears feasting on garbage. The park had even
erected grandstands at dumps for the public to view these obese, semi-domesticated
caricatures of a magnificent, wild species.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">\Two biologists, John and Frank Craighead, had been studying
Yellowstone grizzlies. Passionately and abusively they opposed Reed’s and park
officials’ plan to wean the bears of garbage. Without garbage, they proclaimed,
the bears would starve and, as they starved, they’d attack visitors. When Reed
and the park presented scientific evidence to the contrary, the Craigheads took
their fight to the sympathetic media.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Craigheads’ constant and increasingly venomous
criticisms had not been peer reviewed and were therefore in violation of
federal rules. So Reed and his people eventually saw fit to revoke the
Craigheads’ research permits and evict them from the park. Reed was savaged by
the media.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yet when the park closed the dumps and placed bear-proof
lids on garbage cans there was no evidence of increased bear mortality or
attacks. If any garbage-dependent bears quietly succumbed, they were swiftly
replaced by wild bears from Yellowstone and the five surrounding national
forests -- prime grizzly habitat that totaled about 12 million acres.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What’s more, the park had documented loss of numerous bear
cubs to male grizzlies when mothers were distracted by the dump smorgasbords.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today Yellowstone is without garbage-eating circus bears.
All grizzlies now function in a complex and complete ecosystem. And their
recovery has been one of the great success stories of the Endangered Species
Act.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No one ever heard the words “I told you so” from Nathaniel
Reed. Despite the abuse heaped on him by the Craigheads, his response was to
publicly salute them for “their innovative work that has led to incredible
advances in radio telemetry and LANDSAT satellite imagery.” And in 1979, while
serving on the board of the National Geographic Society, he recalled having
“the pleasure of voting for the brothers to receive the Society’s coveted John
Oliver La Gorce medals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After Reed’s federal service he returned to Florida,
continuing his effective environmental activism, fighting tirelessly for fish,
wildlife, the Everglades, clean air and clean water. Despite mounting health
issues, he never slacked off.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In his preface to Travels on the Green Highway -- An
Environmentalist’s Journey, Reed announced that he was “closing out” his life.
His friends, allies and acolytes didn’t believe it. But he knew more than they
did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">His legacy lives in the beautiful wild creatures and places
that will brighten this planet and the lives of Americans and visitors to America
living and yet unborn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is what the environmental community is saying about the
Nathaniel Pryor Reed and the gifts he has bestowed to the nation and world:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mary Barley, former chair and current board member of the
Everglades Foundation, chair of the Everglades Trust and vice chair of the
National Parks Conservation Association: “We have lost a great American.
Affectionately known as NPR, he was a man who embodied the best values of
America. He fought as hard for critters as he did for people. He was my friend,
my fishing partner on [Norway’s] Alta River, best story teller ever and an
American original. I always wondered ‘why did all his travel diaries begin with
Nat contracting and overcoming some diabolical illness.’ Ooooh I shall miss him
sooo very much.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy: “Nat Reed was a
conservation giant, a patriot, and a true gentleman. Nat fought hard for what
he believed in and never backed down from a tough fight, especially when the
future of our environment was at stake. He lived a very full life, and he did
so with grace and courage. He was a talented civic leader, and he graciously
extended this leadership to The Nature Conservancy as an active member of the
Board of Directors, Vice Chair, and generous supporter. Nat will be missed by
all who knew him and all at TNC. I feel so fortunate to have known him. May you
rest in peace, Nat.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Julie Wraithmell, Audubon Florida’s Executive Director:
“Reed was a giant of a conservationist, with his fingerprints on many of the
most significant national conservation accomplishments of the last 60 years.
Florida and our Everglades were fortunate to have his heart and his talents.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Paul Jones, one of America’s most generous environmental
philanthropists and a leading supporter of the Everglades Foundation: “Every
moment with Nat was a teaching moment. He was hands down the wisest man I ever
met.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dan Lufkin, Reed’s friend, ally and prominent
environmentalist: “Nat Reed had the commitment, intelligence, and courage to
lead in often times unpopular environmental positions. He did it from his
governmental roles as Assistant Secretary of the US Department of the Interior
for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and in the South Florida Water Management
District. And he did it every day for six decades as a private citizen. He was
a man of extraordinary integrity and friendship.” (In 2017 the National Audubon
Society awarded Reed its Dan Lufkin Prize for Environmental Leadership “for his
lifelong commitment to conservation and role in protecting America’s
Everglades.”)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Amos Eno, Executive Director of the Land Conservation
Assistance Network, Reed’s close friend, longtime speech writer and his special
assistant at Interior from 1973 to 1976: “A distillation of NPR and his legacy
is that he was the epitome and personification of Republican leadership on
environmental issues and he carried that torch forward from the Nixon/Ford
administrations through succeeding Republican administrations and dragged it
into the 21st century.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bill Taylor, president of the Atlantic Salmon Federation:
“Nat was a giant in conservation, and not just Atlantic salmon conservation, he
was a leader in the preservation of our natural world. He was a deep thinker,
strategist and fighter. He left a lasting legacy at the Atlantic Salmon
Federation and his fingerprints are all over many of our most important salmon
conservation victories.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), from the Senate floor, hailing
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ support for the $1.6 billion reservoir
project to treat polluted water before it enters the Everglades: “It saddens me
so much to announce … the death of one of the nation’s true environmental
champions. Nat and I have been so focused on advancing this new reservoir
project south of Lake Okeechobee... It would be a fitting tribute to name that
project in Nat Reed’s honor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Doug Wheeler, Reed’s deputy at Interior from 1972 to 1977:
“Nat Reed was an incorrigible conservationist, who, through sheer force of
conviction and eloquence, helped lay the groundwork in the 1970s for the
federal framework of conservation and environmental protection. President
Nixon’s emphatic environmental messages of 1972 and 1973 bear Nat’s
fingerprints, along with other Republican stalwarts like Russ Train, Bill
Ruckelshaus and Bill Reilly. Reed-protected landscapes -- from Alaska and
California to New York, Florida and North Carolina -- are the permanent legacy
of this great American.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Joe Negron, president of the Florida Senate: “Nat Reed was a
resolute force of nature who devoted his life to protecting the environment of
Florida and the United States. I will personally never forget his unwavering
support for the Senate Bill 10 EAA Southern Reservoir and his lifelong
commitment to Everglades restoration. Mr. Reed loved Jupiter Island, Hobe Sound
and Martin County. His prominent standing in the modern history of Florida is
secure and irreplaceable.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) and former Florida governor:
“Floridians for generations to come are indebted to Nathaniel Reed for
protecting our beautiful environment and our Florida Everglades. We will honor
his memory by recommitting ourselves to being good stewards of our
environment.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Novelist, humorist, environmentalist and Miami Herald
columnist Carl Hiaasen: “The Everglades has lost a great friend and champion.
Nat Reed was literally a force of nature.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jock Conyngham, stream restorer, environmental activist and
one of Reed’s many fishing buddies: “When Nat would come into camp and report
that he had caught a salmon, which happened regularly, it wasn’t a ‘nice fish’
or a ‘terrific fish’ -- it was a ‘magical fish.’ He was the only angler I ever
heard use that adjective. And he meant it. He invited me to go back with him
decades later to look at some of the projects he had worked on at Interior,
which I think speaks a great deal about his resource ethic and personal
investment.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Gifts in Nathaniel Reed’s memory may be made to:<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hope Rural School</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">15929 SW 150th St.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Indiantown, FL 34956<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Nathaniel P. Reed ForEverglades Stewardship Fund at the
Everglades Foundation. This endowed fund will forever honor his commitment to
conservation, stewardship and the protection of America’s Everglades. Gifts may
be made online at <a href="http://www.evergladesfoundation.org/">www.evergladesfoundation.org</a> or mailed to: The Everglades
Foundation, 18001 Old Cutler Road #625, Palmetto Bay, Florida 33157<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Atlantic Salmon Federation has established a memorial
fund in Reed’s honor that will be dedicated to salmon conservation and the
suspension of Greenland’s commercial salmon fishery, something he saw as
critically important.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Atlantic Salmon Federation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PO Box 807<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Calais, ME USA
04619-0807<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>The family requests all correspondence be sent to:<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Office of Nathaniel Reed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">P.O. Box 1213<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hobe Sound, FL 33475<o:p></o:p></span><br />
Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-78673703534650889852018-07-12T07:04:00.002-07:002018-07-12T07:05:28.676-07:00ASF has established a memorial fund in Nathaniel’s honor<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">FROM:
BILL TAYLOR<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">DATE:
JULY 12, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">RE:
PASSING OF NATHANIEL P. REED</span></b></div>
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It is with profound sadness that I inform you of the passing of our dear friend
and Honorary Director of ASF (US) Nathaniel P. Reed. Nat had an accident the
evening of July 3<sup>rd</sup> while fishing his beloved Grand Cascapedia River
with long-time friends and Lorne Cottage guides Conrad and Bryce
LeGouffe. He had just released a 16 pound salmon at Mrs. Guest</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">’</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">s Pool with Conrad and Bryce and was walking along the
shore when he fell and hit his head. The wonderful staff of Lorne Cottage were
able to get him to a Quebec City hospital the next morning where he received
excellent care but could not recover. Nat passed away peacefully
yesterday afternoon, July 11<sup>th</sup>, surrounded by his family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nat had been an
Honorary Director of ASF (US) for 7 years following 15 years as a very active
and involved Director. Nat served on various ASF (US) committees and
provided sage advice and counsel on some critical salmon conservation, research
and advocacy activities.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> For his tireless
efforts on behalf of wild Atlantic salmon and ASF he received the Lee Wulff
Award in 2008 and was honored at the New York dinner in 2013. </span></div>
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I received regular phone calls, emails and letters from Nat offering advice and
inquiring about salmon runs, river conditions and fishing. He was always
steadfast in his support. He was passionate about wild Atlantic salmon,
conserving them, fishing for them and most importantly the vital work of
ASF. I have many fond memories of fishing with Nat on the Cascapedia,
Moisie, Restigouche and Miramichi. He was great company on and off the river. </span></div>
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Nat began his career in the family real estate business in Jupiter Island,
Florida. He had deep passion and concern for the natural world which steered
him toward public life. He served six Florida governors and two
presidents in numerous senior positions including Assistant Secretary of the US
Department of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nat made many significant contributions to
conservation and the environment while in public service including co-authoring
the Endangered Species Act. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">He helped found 1000 Friends of Florida, serving both
as president and chairman of the board. Along with ASF, Nat served on the
boards of many environmental and conservation organizations, including
Everglades Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Yellowstone National
Park and National Geographic Society.</span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nat is survived by his loving wife Alita, their sons
Nat Jr. and Adrian, and their daughter Lia, and five grandchildren. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">ASF has
established a memorial fund in Nathaniel</span><span style="font-family: "arial unicode ms" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">s</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> honor that will
be dedicated to helping fund </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">something</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> he believed was
critical to salmon conservation, the suspension of Greenland</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">’</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">s commercial salmon fishery. All gifts received in Nat</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">’</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">s honor will be dedicated to fulfilling ASF</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">’</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">s financial obligation to this major conservation
victory, one that Nat was so proud of and one that will help wild Atlantic
salmon populations on his beloved Grande Cascapedia and other salmon rivers
throughout eastern Canada and abroad.</span></div>
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Bill Taylor</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.asf.ca/"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">www.asf.ca</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></span></span><br />
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Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-52571175200395554852018-07-12T07:00:00.000-07:002018-07-12T07:00:04.865-07:00‘BASTION OF PRINCIPLE’ NAT REED, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISOR TO FLORIDA GOVERNORS, DIES
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Service Florida <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">TALLAHASSEE
--- Nathaniel “Nat” Reed, an environmental advisor for six Florida governors
and assistant secretary of the interior to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald
Ford who was considered one of the founders of the modern conservation
movement, died Wednesday. He was 84.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Jupiter Island resident who started his career in the family real estate and
hotel business, the Hobe Sound Company, began his state work under Republican
Gov. Claude R. Kirk Jr. in 1967. He later was appointed by Democratic Gov. Bob
Graham to the South Florida Water Management District, where he served for 14
years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed’s
son, Adrian, told The Tampa Bay Times his father died a week after falling on a
gravel riverbank while fishing in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
environmental icon received bipartisan accolades as news of his death spread
Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Floridians
for generations to come are indebted to Nathaniel Reed for protecting our
beautiful environment and our Florida Everglades," U.S. Rep. Charlie
Crist, a Democrat who served as Florida governor as a Republican, said in a
statement. "We will honor his memory by recommitting ourselves to being
good stewards of our environment."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">U.S.
Rep. Tom Rooney, a Republican who at one time represented the Treasure Coast,
tweeted that Reed was “a great man and mentor.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Senate
President Joe Negron, a Stuart Republican whose district includes Jupiter
Island, called Reed “a resolute force of nature who devoted his life to
protecting the environment of Florida and the United States.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">“I
will personally never forget his unwavering support for the Senate Bill 10 EAA
Southern Reservoir and his lifelong commitment to Everglades restoration,”
Negron said in a statement. “Mr. Reed loved Jupiter Island, Hobe Sound and
Martin County. His prominent standing in the modern history of Florida is
secure and irreplaceable.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat, praised Reed on the Senate floor Wednesday,
after hailing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' support for the $1.6 billion
reservoir project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reed
was “one of Florida’s greatest environmental advocates,” Nelson said, adding
that the state should name the new reservoir in Reed's honor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">“It
saddens me so much to announce this good news at the same time of announcing
the death of one of the nation's true environmental champions,” Nelson said.
“Nat and I have been so focused on advancing this new reservoir project south
of Lake Okeechobee ... It would be a fitting tribute to name that project in
Nat Reed's honor.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
2017, the National Audubon Society awarded Reed its Dan W. Lufkin Prize for
Environmental Leadership “for his lifelong commitment to conservation and role
in protecting America’s Everglades.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Nat
was a giant in conservation --- that phrase is used a lot but in Nat’s case
it’s true. His scientific knowledge and his passion for birds and wild places
made him a hero for decades and Audubon will miss him dearly,” said David
Yarnold, president and CEO of the National Audubon Society,.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Audubon
Florida Executive Director Julie Wraithmell called Reed “a giant of a
conservationist, with his fingerprints on many of the most significant national
conservation accomplishments of the last 60 years.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">As
assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife
and National Parks, a post he held until 1977, Reed is credited with the
crafting and passage of the Endangered Species and Clean Water acts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
Florida, he played a pivotal role in the late 1960s in the successful fight to
block construction of a new jetport in the Big Cypress Swamp, successfully
convincing Nixon to withdraw funding for the project.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Author
and Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen tweeted that “the Everglades has lost a
great friend and champion. Nat Reed was literally a force of nature.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Among
his many achievements in the Sunshine State, Reed helped found both 1000
Friends of Florida and the Everglades Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">“He
was an avid fisherman and golfer with an unparalleled passion for restoring the
Everglades,” Everglades Foundation CEO Eric Eikenberg said in a press release
Wednesday. “Personally, I’ve been privileged to know and work with Nathaniel
over the last 16 years, and I am proud to have called him my friend. He was a
master of words, bastion of principle, and a constant provider of sound
counsel.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also served on the boards of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, Natural Resources
Defense Council, National Geographic Society and Yellowstone National Park.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Bob Graham Center at the University of Florida noted on Twitter: “Mourning the
loss of our friend, board member and inaugural Citizen of the Year Nathaniel
Reed. Nat dedicated his life to public service and working to protect the
environment.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><strong>RECOMMENDED READING</strong></em>
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Travels on the Green Highway: An Environmentalist’s Journey
by Nathaniel Pryor Reed (hardcover, $45) is an amazing journey
through the many environmental battles of the 1960s-’70s fought by a
political pioneer. Reed presents a series of essays detailing his remarkable
accomplishments passing environmental legislation both in Florida
and across the United States. Sierra Club gets an occasional nod
and it’s great fun to learn what was going on “behind the scenes.” A
few of my favorite essays: “Defeating the Miami Jetport and Creating a
National Preserve” and “A Boondoggle: The Cross Florida Barge Canal”
are just a couple of the fascinating stories recounted in vivid detail.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Nathaniel
Reed grew up with three brothers, and when it was time to think about their
schooling, his parents dutifully toured several options. When they came to
Deerfield, his mother didn’t ask then-Head master Frank Boyden about the
curriculum or facilities-with four lively sons, she wanted to know the reasons
a boy could get himself expelled. As Reed tells the story now, Mr. Boyden
responded, "Mrs. Reed, do you have dogs in your house?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>''Well," Boyden responded, "my
feeling is that boys make errors and I correct them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>And so the family's decision was
made, and their years at Deerfield began. When Nathaniel speaks of Deerfield
now, his voice glows with gratitude. "My Deerfield days were among the
happiest of my life," he says. The love of the outdoors he'd had since
early childhood was nurtured fishing and swimming in the Deerfield River, and
the school held just the right balance of discipline and wiggle room."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dr. Boyden was simply wonderful
handling this gawky fourteenyear-old who needed a great deal of sleep and
food," Reed confides. "My father was concerned about my grades, but
Dr. Boyden turned to him and said, 'At the moment we feed him hard, exercise
him hard, and give him ample amounts of sleep. He's coming along fine.' God
knows it was true!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In his long career as an
environmental activist and public servant, Reed seems to have fully absorbed
those lessons of perseverance and flexibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Following Trinity College and
three years in the Air Force Intelligence Service, working from Norway to the
Middle East, Reed returned to his family's home and business on Jupiter Island
in Florida. He was sufficiently free from business obligations during the
summer months to travel the state, and he saw the land he loved being
devastated in the name of "progress" and "development."
Foreseeing ecological disaster, he "joined every environmental group known
to man" and was soon speaking at meetings of the Nature Conservancy, the
Sierra Club, and the Audubon Society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>"Up until then," he
says, "I had been on Jupiter Island only during Christmas and spring
vacations, so I was unaware of what was going on in the rest of Florida during
a period of extraordinary growth."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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state was exploding. And in this perfect storm, Reed found his calling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Reed's new memoir<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, Travels on the Green Highway: An
Environmentalist's Journey</i> (Reed Publishing Company LLC, 2016), unfolds
like a play-by play account of a high-stakes baseball game in extra innings,
full of unexpected strategies, long-shot plays, setbacks, and outsized
personalities. 'The book records the key part of my life working on Florida's
environmental problems and then going on to become Assistant Secretary of the
Interior," he says. It documents a remarkable era in which "we were
able to lay the groundwork of our nation's environmental foundation."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>From his appointment by Florida
Governor Claude Kirk to implement conservation policies across the state, to
laying the groundwork for the Clean Water Act in the Department of the Interior
under Nixon and Ford, to pressing for land protection in Alaska, defending
redwoods in California, passing the Endangered Species Act, and nearly
countless other conservation wins, Travels shows Reed's ability to marshal all
comers. In the course of his years serving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>six<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Florida<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>governors<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and two presidents, his reputation started to precede him-a reader gets
the clear sense that once Nathaniel Reed had placed an issue in his sights,
people knew he was not going away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>For example, when Reed was
appointed chairman of the Commission on the Future of Florida's Environment, it
required all of his energy to arrive at a recommendation and persuade deeply
divided "power groups" within the commission itself, the governor,
and the legislature to agree on a tax on the buying and selling of land to
finance the Florida Forever program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Under Reed's guidance the commission recommended a $300 million yearly
land purchasing program "to acquire the very best of what was left"
in Florida. The state legislature funded the program for at least 20 years,
resulting in the purchase of 2.7 million acres. When the present governor
canceled the program, Reed continued undaunted. He just needed a new tactic.
This time he became one of the leaders of the movement<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to amend Florida's constitution and provide
about $800 million a year for watersheds, Everglades restoration, and key land
acquisitions up and down the state. The amendment passed overwhelmingly,
securing the program's continuation. "The pressures of development are so
great, I look to that as one of my most important efforts," he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Deerfield has also been the
beneficiary of Reed's ethic of service and persistence. He served as "a
loving trustee," he says, during memorable times including the vote for
the school to become coeducational. How can students in today's climate use
that strong Deerfield foundation to make a difference in the world? "Be
ready to seize an opportunity," advises Reed. As an example from his own
experience, he recounts, "A small group of very dedicated trained people
arrived in the Nixon administration. Perhaps unknowingly he had placed us at
levels where, working with a dedicated bipartisan Congress and staff, we were
able to pass the foundation of American environmental laws in less than four
years." When the right partners and opportunities presented them selves
to Reed, he jumped in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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"I'm not in my dotters by any means," he laughs, citing a letter he
wrote just the night before, pressing yet another important conservation
measure. The recipient would be wise to consider with whom they're dealing. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">//</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nat, thank you so much for writing “Travels on The Green
Highway”. I have already read most of it
- a wonderful book. It brought back almost forgotten memories. In writing this
book you did a fine service to history and inspiration for the younger
generation whose responsibilities it will be to continue on the brave path that
you have blazed for them. I wish you all the best, dear friend. With deep
admiration and gratitude, -Estes Whitfield<o:p></o:p></div>
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Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-69477916527253050422016-12-22T07:04:00.002-08:002016-12-22T07:04:23.230-08:00Nathaniel Reed Interview on CBS News Regarding Florida Everglades<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/inside-the-effort-to-protect-floridas-everglades/" target="_blank">Nathaniel Reed Interview on CBS News Regarding Florida Everglades</a>Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-41247351064667709162015-10-15T06:59:00.001-07:002015-10-15T07:00:17.510-07:00Forum at the Center for Governmental Responsibility at the Levin College of Law and the Bob Graham Center for Public ServiceView the forum held on October 8, 2015 - Mr. Reed comes online at the 2:14 mark:<br />
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<br />Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-4589788379098025222015-10-01T05:18:00.000-07:002015-10-01T05:18:15.221-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Jupiter Magazine's </i>article by Bernard McCormick: <i><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2NmIACNhbdMZjFIdHJZRXJkRU0/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">The Water Warriors</a></i></span>Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-91817145424220757632015-05-11T10:29:00.002-07:002015-05-11T10:29:47.518-07:00David Guest - Palm Beach Post - May 10, 2015<div class="MsoNormal">
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The toxic green slime that killed pelicans, dolphins, fish,
and manatees in South Florida two summers ago is back, lurking in Lake
Okeechobee, where, as we all know, it will likely spread to the coasts once the
government starts releasing water to lower the lake’s level.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is important to remember that Lake Okeechobee belongs to
all of us. But our lake has become a private sewer for agricultural
corporations. Instead of strengthening laws to keep agriculture’s polluted
runoff out of our water, some politicians in Tallahassee are trying to rescind
the currently required state pollution permits altogether. Their new scheme
would replace permits with — incredibly — voluntary compliance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is like some bad dream, and it will be a forever
nightmare for everyone who lives near the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers,
where the pollution flows to the coasts. We know this toxic algae kills
wildlife and makes people and animals sick, causing flulike symptoms, skin
lesions and respiratory problems. Why on earth would we make it easier for
these polluters to dump this stuff on us?<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a get-out-of-jail free card for polluters, and the
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At Earthjustice, we have represented citizens groups for
decades in legal battles against polluters, trying to require common-sense
controls on the toxic slime that’s wrecking our natural areas. It is simply not
right for one class of water users to pollute the resource for the rest of us,
and then stick us with the cleanup bill.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The water policy legislation was near a vote in the
Statehouse right before the House abruptly adjourned. The lobbyists for these
big agricultural corporations created a world of double-speak to obscure the
fact that they are trying to get away with no regulation. This wholesale
destruction of the pollution permitting system was buried in a giant bill that
included many other aspects of state water policy, including protections for our
springs. It’s the old Tallahassee bait and switch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Under the legislation, polluters would merely have to write
a plan that says they are trying not to pollute — no more permits, a mere
promise would be enough. The state admits that it has only a handful of
inspectors available to check up on these voluntary pollution plans, and the
inspectors would have to get special permission to come on-site to see whether
the company is actually doing what it said it would do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Give us a break! This is a recipe for more green slime in
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The Big Ag lobbyists will be in the front row when the
Legislature reconvenes for its special session in June, trying to get this
nefarious legislation passed in a hurry. We need to tell our legislators that
we want them to protect our interests by stopping this political move to repeal
water pollution permits. When you think of the heartbreaking images of dead
pelicans, dolphins, fish and manatees we’ve witnessed in South Florida, think
about what the Legislature should be doing to stop it. Instead of controlling
pollution, these politicians are trying to legalize it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We need to tell our legislators clearly and loudly: When our
water is at stake, a polluter’s promise just isn’t good enough. The state
simply has to be able to impose consequences when a polluter doesn’t comply
with clean-water requirements.<o:p></o:p></div>
Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-89132314140662482842015-05-07T06:04:00.001-07:002015-05-07T06:06:28.993-07:00Environmentalist Nat Reed Slams Rick Scott: "I'm Getting Scared About Our State" <h1>
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Legendary Florida environmentalist Nathaniel Reed has added his voice to the chorus of disapproval of Florida's Legislature. He says the body's failure to enact key legislation — as the house quit early over a Medicaid funding fight — has made the state “the laughingstock of the country.”<br />
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Among the many bills that died as a result were laws to put into motion Amendment 1, which dedicates millions of dollars to acquire and restore conservation and recreation lands. “We’ve never had such a nonfunctioning legislature as we have now,” Reed tells <i>New Times</i>. </div>
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Reed, who is now 81 years old, would know. He has served seven Florida governors and was assistant secretary of the interior for Fish & Wildlife and Parks in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He serves as chairman of the Commission on Florida's Environmental Future and sits on the board of directors of the Everglades Foundation.<br />
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Because of what many say are worrying trends in conservation across the state, 75 percent of Florida’s voters took matters into their own hands last year when they voted for Amendment 1, which would divert millions to Florida Forever, a fund for conservation land acquisition.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The program was approved in 1999 and envisioned to raise $300 million a year, but it has been a target of budget cuts over the years. Since 2009, the program saw a 97 percent drop in funding. So last year, a coalition comprising more than a dozen groups devised a way to fund the program through part of a state real-estate tax. They gathered enough petitions to put Amendment 1 on ballots, and on November 4, voters approved it — overwhelmingly.</span></h2>
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Amendment 1 is supposed to set aside about $750 million a year for land purchases to “keep drinking water clean, protect our rivers, lakes, and springs, restore natural treasures like the Everglades, and protect our beaches and shores — without any increase in taxes,” according to Florida’s Water and Land Legacy. No implementing legislation was required; the legislature simply needed to divvy up the funds.<br />
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Though environmental leaders had been preparing for cuts to the $750 million figure, they didn’t expect complete inaction in appropriations for the program.<br />
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Now, Reed says that progress made under the governorships of Bob Martinez, Bob Graham, Lawton Chiles, and Jeb Bush is being lost all too rapidly under the administration of Rick Scott — where “growth is God again.”<br />
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Reed stresses the critical importance of funding a range of projects, such as getting more fresh water to flow south to the Biscayne Aquifer, the vast basin beneath South Florida that supplies drinking water to a huge portion of the state’s population. Because of development projects in the path of the water’s flow, not enough fresh water is getting to the aquifer. As sea level continues to rise, the drinking water of South Florida’s 7 million people is at risk.</div>
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“The governor has said twice that water must go south, yet he hasn’t done a single thing to accelerate that process,” Reed says. “Our children are going to pay for it.” <br />
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Reed says we should all be worried about the “growth-at-all-costs” mindset of the current administration. <br />
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“To them, whatever green land is left is developable,” he says. “I’m getting scared about our state.” <br />
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Lawmakers still have a chance to address Amendment 1 funding during the special session of the legislature that will begin at some point this spring.<br />
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<br />Nathaniel P. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043277931265857996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413165766269730741.post-64408570715971332412015-03-27T13:37:00.003-07:002015-03-27T13:38:38.965-07:00Palm Beach Post - Frank Cerabino: Did you vote to protect Florida’s environment? Who cares?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.25pt; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-outline-level: 1;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 16.5pt;">If you were one of the 4,238,739 Floridians who
voted for an environmental protection measure four months ago, I have news for
you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">You don’t matter. Your vote was meaningless.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It’s not supposed be that way, but welcome to
Florida.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">The vote on Amendment 1, the Florida Water and
Land Conservation Initiative, was the biggest vote-getter on Florida’s ballot
in November, with a 74.9 percent approval rate.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">It was 1.3 million voters more popular than Gov.
Rick Scott, who was re-elected on the same ballot.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">But Scott, the state’s big business interests
and the state legislature had nothing to do with Amendment 1, and in many cases
actively opposed it.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Amendment 1 was on the ballot because Florida’s
leaders had all but abandoned Florida Forever, a $300 million-per-year state
program to purchase environmentally sensitive land.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">The program started by Gov. Jeb Bush was nearly
wiped out under Scott and state legislators. So environmentalists brought the
land preservation issue directly to voters through a ballot referendum.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Florida’s Water and Land Legacy, an
environmental group drawing members from the 1000 Friends of Florida, Audubon
Florida, Defenders of Wildlife, Everglades Foundation, Florida Conservation
Coalition, Florida Land Trust Alliance, Sierra Club and other state
environmental groups, collected over 1 million signatures to get the amendment
on the ballot.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">The ballot question asked voters whether they
were in favor of funding the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to “acquire, restore,
improve and manage conservation lands including wetlands and forests; fish and
wildlife habitat; lands protecting water resources and drinking water sources,
including the Everglades, and the water quality of rivers, lakes, and streams;
beaches and shores; outdoor recreation lands; working farms and ranches; and
historic or geologic sites.”</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">The funding source for this wouldn’t be a new
tax, but a dedication of 33 percent of the net revenues from an existing excise
tax on real estate deed and loan documents, commonly known as doc stamps. These
doc stamps are a huge source of state revenue, bringing in about $2 billion a
year.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So the voter-approved Amendment 1 made close to
$700 million available each year for the acquisition and protection of
environmentally sensitive land in the state.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Theoretically. That’s because the buying and
protecting is still in the hands of the people who gutted Florida Forever to
start with, and have little to no interest in protecting environmentally
sensitive land from business development.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And there’s the rub, as Shakespeare would say.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">Despite the windfall of money available to
preserve this land, Scott put $100 million for Florida Forever in his budget
this year — $200 million shy of the traditional level.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">But his intent to shortchange the will of the
voters is minor compared to the Florida Senate’s budget, which includes just
$22 million in environmental land acquisition, with $20 million of that money
going to Kissimmee River restoration land and $2 million going to Florida
Forever.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So to recap, to restore the previous $300
million-a-year program to buy environmentally sensitive land in Florida, voters
approved a measure freeing up an estimated $700 million a year for that
purpose.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">And despite this vote, the most popular
vote-getter on the ballot, Florida lawmakers are doing other things with the
money and proposing to spend a measly $2 million on Florida Forever this year.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">“There’s no way that anyone could have read the
amendment and consider this budget to be adequate,” said Aliki Moncrief, the
executive director of Florida’s Water and Land Legacy.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">But it gets worse. The Associated Industries of
Florida has begun a radio and television campaign to give lawmakers cover by
trying to persuade voters that Amendment 1 was not about buying environmentally
sensitive land, but about protecting existing water supplies.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">“Lawmakers are now deciding how to spend
Amendment 1 money,” the ad said. “And special-interest groups want the lion’s
share for their pet projects.”</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So the 14-year-old Florida Forever program has
become a “pet project” and you have become a special-interest group.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">All 4,238,739 of you.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">You’re a bothersome distraction from the
sideline, one that must be ignored by the Floridians who really matter.</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8.5pt;">So stop getting in the way of the real business
of lawmakers, which is finding a way to serve the Associated Industries of Florida
and any other business group that might want to, as Joni Mitchell once sang,
“pave paradise and put up a parking lot.”</span><span style="color: green; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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