Everglades’ removal from U.N. list hits the fan

August 4, 2007 · Filed under Everglades, Everglades restoration

Remember how the Everglades was taken off the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s endangered list? (You know, because it’s already fixed and everything?) Florida Sen. Bill Nelson wants the federal government to look into why the committee’s U.S. rep took the Everglades off the list — and Nelson wants him fired, according to this St. Petersburg Times article. Even though scientists at Everglades National Park and at the U.N. thought the park should stay on the list, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior Todd Willens agreed to take it off the list when reps from other countries asked him to. I say, “Go, senator!”