Environment Web Directory - Government:States:Florida

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Department of Environmental Protection - Home page of Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FAU/FIU Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems - A research institute with a focus on environmental and urban planning issues.
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission - Lead Florida Agency for Endangered and Threatened Species
Governor's Commission for a Sustainable South Florida - State Commission recommending action plan for regaining healthy Everglades ecosystem with sustainable economy.
SJRWMD St. Johns River Water Management District - The St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) is an agency of the State of Florida responcible for manageing ground and surface water supplies in northeast and east-central Florida.
S.W.F.W.M.D Home Page - The Southwest Florida Water Management District regulates water and water-related resources in southwest Florida
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council - Includes information on the Tampa Bay National Estuary Program

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.