08/22/2025
📢🙌🥰💝💪 A HUGE THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO TOOK ACTION TO PROTECT OUR BEAUTIFUL AND SACRED EVERGLADES!!
✨ EVERGLADES WIN: A federal judge has ordered the state of Florida and federal government to halt construction, stop bringing new detainees, and begin winding down operations at the mass detention center in Big Cypress National Preserve known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” The preliminary injunction, requested by Friends of the Everglades, Center for Biological Diversity and the Miccosukee Tribe, marks a major victory for Florida’s imperiled wildlife and fragile ecosystems that are threatened by the detention center.
We filed suit June 27 under the National Environmental Policy Act, a commonsense law that requires our government to “look before it leaps,” consider public input, and evaluate alternatives to avoid harm. That’s especially important in the Everglades, where similar battles were fought and won a half-century ago.
This win wouldn’t have happened without your support. But it’s not the end of the road — we can expect the state and federal government to appeal. Stay tuned for more updates on our legal challenge to the unauthorized “Alligator Alcatraz.”
(Photo of Big Cypress’ pristine night sky courtesy of )
