Everglades Restoration
Collier County, FL – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus and Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, joined federal, state, and local leaders today to celebrate the completion of the Picayune Strand Restoration Project, the first Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (CERP) to begin construction and one of the largest wetland restoration efforts.
Collier County, FL – On Wednesday, January 28, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus, will attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating the completion of the Picayune Strand Restoration Project, one of the largest wetland restoration efforts in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), joined fellow Congressional Everglades Caucus Co-Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), in releasing the following statement celebrating the 25thanniversary of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP):
Southern Florida –– Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Dean of the Florida Delegation, and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus, applauds the recent announcements by Governor DeSantis and the Trump Administration to accelerate and complete a key component to one of the most significant environmental restoration efforts in U.S. History.
Southern Florida –– Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Dean of the Florida Delegation, and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus, proudly announces that he secured $461 million for Everglades restoration and preservation in the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, which was approved by the House Appropriations Committee last month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Dean of the Florida Delegation, and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus, issued the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill:
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