The largest river restoration project in history is complete! Back in the 1960s the once meandering Kissimmee River, was channeled and nearly halved in length. Immediately the collapse of the ecosystem was evident with the loss of the bass fishery and the disappearance of birds like snowy egrets and white ibis that once filled the skies. Today we celebrated the Kissimmee River basin is meandering across the upper Everglades as it once did before! With that the fishery is returning and the wading

We recently teamed up with the Sageland Collaborative to work together on a stream restoration project. As part of the project, beavers were reintroduced to the area. Beaver reintroduction can be an important part of stream restoration with benefits that are well-documented by scientists. These environmental benefits include: - Creating habitat for both water- and land-based species, such as fish, birds and big game animals. - Creating natural fire breaks. - Slowing runoff, which increases water