Gov. Ron DeSantis this week has been promoting his commitment to Everglades restoration amid the backlash and legal challenges to his construction of an immigrant detention center on an airstrip in the wetland ecosystem.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an agreement on Friday with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed up Florida Everglades restoration projects, including completion of the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir.

WPTV is listening to various nonprofits who are divided on the project. All of the nonprofits have the same mission but they find themselves disagreeing with each other.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new EAA Reservoir Agreement with the United States Army on Friday. DeSantis said the new agreement will help to accelerate the restoration of America's Everglades and to expedite the completion of the EAA reservoir.

Florida will build the 6,500-acre stormwater treatment area of the EAA Reservoir. The Army Corps will build the 10,500-acre, reservoir.

Originally slated to be finished in 2034, the Everglades restoration project is now expected to be completed in 2029, according to DeSantis.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Florida and the U.S. Army have reached a new agreement to accelerate Everglades restoration through expediting the completion of the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir.

Democratic members of the Florida congressional delegation want to stop federal money from flowing to what they described as the “lawless, inhumane immigration detention site” in the

Governor Ron DeSantis announced the agreement between Florida and the Department of the Army on Friday accelerate the restoration of Florida’s Everglades and expedite the completion of the EAA reservoir.

Governor Ron DeSantis announced that the State of Florida and the U.S. Department of the Army have reached a landmark agreement that allows Florida to take the lead on key components of the federally funded Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP),

Florida state officials left many at the county level in the dark about the shadowy immigration detention center in the Everglades, according to the emails.