The Nature Coast Coalition strives to unite communities and organizations along Florida's Nature Coast to protect these last, best places in our state. Help us share information and resources that help us work together to conserve our natural heritage.
Gwen Keyes Fleming, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Southeast, explains why cooperation to meet clean water standards in Florida is so important. “We must find common ground because poor water quality directly affects not only public health and the environment, but also tourism and jobs. Florida’s tourism industry — the state’s No. 1 industry — employs nearly 1 million Floridians and pumps billions into the state’s economy each year. In an average year, tourists spend more than $60 billion in the state — generating thousands upon thousands of jobs as well more than $3 billion in taxes.”
