From Ed Killer, Treasure Coast Newspapers
Summer of 2018
HOBE SOUND — Gov. Ron DeSantis has placed a special emphasis on Florida’s environment since taking office, and Monday was one more step in the direction to clean up the state’s waterways.
At the Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge, DeSantis named the five members of the state’s newly-formed Blue-Green Algae Task Force.
“The focus of this task force is to support key funding and restoration initiatives and make recommendations to expedite nutrient reductions in Lake Okeechobee and downstream estuaries,” DeSantis said.
The team consists of:
- Mike Parsons, professor of marine science at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers and director of it’s Coastal Watershed Institute and Vester Field Station.
- James Sullivan, executive director of Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.
- Valerie J. Paul, director of the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce.
- Wendy Graham, director of the University of Florida Water Institute.
- Evelyn Gaiser, professor at Florida International University.
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