TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he wants the state to take over management of federally funded Everglades projects, to help speed up the environmental restoration.
At a press conference in Juno Beach, the governor said Florida would ask the incoming Trump administration for more authority to help speed construction of a federal reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee.
“Send us the funds, give us the authority, and let us get to work,” DeSantis said. “And we will get this done and move it along very, very quickly.”
DeSantis said he and other governors will be meeting Thursday night with President-elect Donald Trump. The governor said he also will be asking for the state to be allowed to take over red snapper management in the Atlantic Ocean to allow more fishing.
