Mr. Nathaniel Reed serves on the Advisory Board of The Guardians of Martin County and has provided us with a copy of his letter to Sen. Negron that was published in the Stuart News Sunday, Aug. 18 in the special edition of Lost Summer 2013 – Stop Killing Our River. He also provided us with a copy of his Op Ed piece that was previously published in the Stuart News and referenced in his letter.
Mr. Reed served as the Environmental Advisor to Governors Kirk and Askew, as Assistant Secretary of Interior for Fish, Wildlife and National Parks under President Nixon and Ford, served 14 years on the Board of the South Florida Water Management District, Chaired the Commission on Florida’s Environmental Future whose principal recommendation was the issuance of a series of bond issues that have been supported by successive governors before Governor Scott and have preserved more than 2 million acres of ‘the best of native Florida’. Mr. Reed is presently serving as Vice Chairman of the Everglades Foundation.