** PRESS ADVISORY **
FLORIDIANS FOR CLEAN WATER & AMENDMENT
1 RALLY - 2/18
Where: Historic
Front Steps of the Capitol Building
400 S. Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32399
When: Wednesday,
February 18, 2015, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Who: Amendment
1 (http://floridawaterlandlegacy.org/) and Floridians’ Clean Water Declaration
Campaign (www.wewantcleanwater.com) activists from every corner of the state.
Speakers
include: State Representative Michelle Rehwinkle-Vasilinda, State
Representative Mark Pafford, Bill
McCollum (36th Attorney General of Florida), Estus Whitfield (Florida
Conservation Coalition), Maggy Hurchalla (Martin
County Conservation Alliance),
Jim Stevenson (Wakulla Springs Alliance), Orange
County Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor Eric Rollings, Kevin McGorty (Tall Timbers Land Conservancy), Gary
Appelson (Sea Turtle Conservancy), Andy Mele (Suncoast Waterkeeper), Dawn
Shirreffs (Everglades Foundation), Katie Tripp (Save the Manatee Club), Leesa
Souto (Marine Resources Council), Mark Perry (Florida Oceanographic Society), Millard McCleary (Reef
Relief), Chuck O’Neal (League of Women Voters), Cathy Harrelson (Sierra
Club), Zach Forsburg (Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition), Celeste De Palma
(Tropical Audubon Society), Preston Robertson
(Florida Wildlife Federation), John Scott (Caloosahatchee River Citizens
Association), Laura Dailey (Spectrabusters), Shannon Blankinship
(St. Johns Riverkeeper/Duval Soil and Water Conservation District),
Ryan Smart (1000 Friends
of Florida) and Aliki Moncrief (Florida’s Water & Land Legacy).
What: Hundreds
of conservationists will travel by chartered buses (http://yes1fl.org/2015rallytix)
and car pools from across Florida to rally on the front steps of the Historic
Capitol Building to deliver a resounding message to Florida lawmakers that:
1.
Protecting conservation lands is essential to protecting our
water resources – we must protect our waters at the source;
2.
We must invest in our undeveloped natural areas before they
are gone; and
3.
We must stop pollution at its source rather than allowing it
to enter our waterways.
*There will be demonstrators and visuals*
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