Obama Administration Officials Travel to Florida for Events Focused on Wetlands Restoration, Protection of the Everglades and Tour Region January 7-8
NAPLES. FL – Obama Administration officials will travel to Florida on Thursday and Friday, January 7-8, 2010 for the Picayune Strand Restoration project groundbreaking ceremony in Naples and the 25th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference in West Palm Beach. During their trip, they will tour central and South Florida to view firsthand Federal and State activities and projects throughout the Everglades and the Kissimmee River region.
WHO: Nancy Sutley, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Jo Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Sam Hamilton, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Tom Strickland, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior
WHAT: Picayune Strand Restoration Project Groundbreaking Ceremony
WHEN: January 7, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EST
WHERE: Intersection of 56th Avenue SE and the Merritt Canal in Eastern Collier County
WHAT: Nancy Sutley to speak at the 25th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference
WHEN: January 8, 2010 at 12:45 pm EST
WHERE: PGA Resort
400 Ave of the Champions
Palm Beach Gardens, FL