An Everglades Scientist on Trial…

Photo caption: Fishermen navigated a toxic algae bloom on Lake Okeechobee in July 2018. Florida has suffered algae blooms and red tides in 2013, 2016, and 2018. Photo credit: Ben Depp. Article by Boyce Upholt. The New Republic – June 25, 2024.

In early February 2022, Tom Van Lent sent a note to his employers: He intended to resign from the Everglades Foundation at the end of the month. He adopted a conciliatory tone—“my career at the Foundation has been a source of personal pride,” he wrote—but everyone knew that Van Lent, one of the most prominent scientists in Everglades restoration, had been unhappy for years. […]

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