Florida Department of Environmental Protection
The Department of Environmental Protection is the lead agency in
state government for environmental management and stewardship and is
one of the more diverse agencies in state government, protecting our
air, water, and land. The Department is divided into three primary
areas: Regulatory Programs, Land and Recreation and Planning and
Management. Florida's environmental priorities include restoring
America's Everglades, improving air quality, restoring and protecting
the water quality in our springs, lakes, rivers and coastal waters,
conserving environmentally-sensitive lands and providing citizens and
visitors with recreational opportunities, now and in the future.
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Tip of the Week
Buy Recycled Paper Towels
Did you know if every household
in the U.S. replaced just one roll of 180-sheet virgin-fiber
paper towels with 100-percent recycled paper towels, we
could save: 1.4 million trees, 3.7 million cubic feet of
landfill space, and 526 million gallons of water, and
prevent 89,400 pounds of pollution?...more
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2010 State of Florida