Foundation Lauds Everglades Restoration Momentum, Support

Sanibel Captiva Island Reporter, October 1, 2024

The Everglades Foundation Chief Executive Officer Eric Eikenberg gushed optimism for the long-running Everglades restoration project as speaker at the SanCap Chamber’s business luncheon on Sep. 18 at The Community House on Sanibel.

“When I’m standing here at the chamber lunch in September 2030, we’re going to have champagne on every table,” he said, projecting completion of the restoration’s final reservoir to a round of applause. “It’s in our grasp.”

In reviewing the history of the degradation and consequential restoration of the Everglades watershed, Eikenberg attributed the “whole new dynamic of these business voices (that) are really taking us to a next level” of financial support from state and federal governments.