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Hydrological Restoration
Water and habitat improvements on Lake Istokpoga and elsewhere to remove excess nutrients polluting our waters.
Mike Elfenbein, Executive Director CypressIWLA
AquaCulture is a company owned by CCIWLA member Nick Szabo. Cypress Chapter has been advocating for their technology to improve water quality, soil health, carbon sequestration, etc.
Marshall Jones BOD CC-IWLA and owner Mack’s Fish camp
“The AguaCulture Technology projects are using common sense and near exactly what a short term flood would create on a savanna flood plain. It great 👍🏼”
In the news:
Project to help clean up Lake Istokpoga Lake Okeechobee News June 8, 2024
Put the land back on the Land: A National Imperative (book Chapter by Daniel E. Canfield Jr, Mina Kiani, Olga Tammeorg, Priit Tammeorg and Timothy J. Canfield)
Water Resources Development Act
Pistol Pond Project
Cypress IWLA is a grantee of the USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife program. The award, and collaborations it helps provide is how we have been able to accomplish the work we doing converting the Pistol Pond mining pit in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in to a productive lake with fishing amenities for the public to utilize. The project is long term, and support from a diversity of stakeholders will help assure success. For more information email contact@CypressIWLA.org
Western Everglades Restoration Project
In the ‘Nick’ of time
‘Elf’ partnership with tribes brings deer back to the Everglades BY KELLY J FARRELLkelly.farrell@floridaweekly.com Link to story here Seminole Tribe, Miccouskee Tribe, Cypress Izaak Walton League of America, private landowners and others partner to reintroduce deer...
As water vanishes Everglades airboat business forced to pull back
Marshall Jones, Cypress IWLA President spoke to Reuters about how drought is effecting Macks Fish Camp airboat business
See the story “As water vanishes Everglades airboat business forced to pull back”
In the News: Osceola’s Quest for a Restored Everglades Ecosystem
Carlton Ward Jr. reported in April 11, 2024 in Flamingomag.com about Cypress Chapter's own Betty Osceola's campaign for restoration of the Everglades. "The day of this photo, Osceola was hosting my family on an airboat tour of Miccosukee lands and waters just north of...