Save Big Cypress National Park

It's crucial to heed the voices of those rooted in the land, especially the Indigenous communities who've called it home for generations. Watch @dallasgoldtooth spotlight @miccosukeetribeofindians' fight to save the Everglades. #ProtectTheEverglades

“We talk about restoration, and trying to get back to things that are where they were. And that almost may not be possible. But you know, we got to do the best we can to get as close to it as we can.” A new plan led by the Miccosukee tribe might put an end to decades of prospecting and drilling on nearly 420,000 acres of land in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve. This won't stop the drilling completely—but tribe chairman Talbert Cypress says the Miccosukee are in this fight for the long haul.

#ProtectBigCypress Oil drilling at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida spells disaster, not only for the region's precious ecological balance, but also for the centuries-old cultural traditions of the Miccosukee tribe. Stand with the Miccosukee and demand a halt to oil drilling in the Everglades: https://bit.ly/46A5Z4u

"They've been doing exploratory seismic testing and things like this that were really harmful to the soil, to the plants. These companies came and did that a few years ago, and they didn't really do a good job of cleaning up their act." Reverend Houston Cypress, a Two-Spirit poet, artist and activist from the Otter Clan of the Miccosukee Tribe, is passionate about protecting the Everglades from drilling intiatives. Stand with Houston and Preservation Pause in the fight to stop big oil from destroying these biodiverse wetlands and threatening the livelihoods of Indigenous peoples. Learn more and sign a letter of protest today: https://bit.ly/46A5Z4u

.@nationalparkservice wants to designate part of Big Cypress National Preserve as wilderness, barring the Miccosukee Tribe from their ancestral lands. We can't let that happen. 🤔 #ProtectBigCypress

“To me it makes no sense drilling for oil anywhere in the Everglades. It just doesn’t because the reserves are simply not going to be there to justify that sort of investment.” WLRN Public Radio and Television takes an in-depth look into the Miccosukee Tribe's decades-old battle with oil companies drilling on their ancestral land in Big Cypress National Reserve—and the deal that might put an end to it for good.

Here's what's at stake if oil drilling continues in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve: 🔹 720,000 acres of ecologically essential swampland 🔹 Drinking water for over 8M people 🔹 40% of the fresh water in Everglades National Park 🔹 Nine endangered species Stand with the Miccosukee Tribe—the Indigenous guardians of Big Cypress—and urge the U.S. Department of the Interior to stop oil companies from drilling: https://bit.ly/46A5Z4u