Mitigation and Restoration Underway in the Big Cypress National Preserve | Conservancy of Southwest Florida

Texas oil and gas companies drill with river water during extreme drought. Oil and gas companies have used billions of gallons of Rio Grande and Pecos River water for drilling in the past four years

Mitigation and Restoration Underway in the Big Cypress National Preserve | Conservancy of Southwest Florida

Written by Amber Crooks, Senior Environmental Policy Advisor For over ten years, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida has championed protection of the Big Cypress National Preserve from the threatening impacts of oil drilling and exploration. Even long-time residents may be surprised to know that there is an oil field in southwest Florida called the Sunniland Trend. The oil here is not worth the squeeze considering the environmentally-sensitive …