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Reports that a United States House of Representative vote against offshore oil drilling in Florida was a result of local environmental issues rather than Republican party environmentalism. Reasons for some representatives' votes; Summation of the bill; Environmental views of U.S. President George W. Bush.

Reports on U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Florida in April 2004 to promote his environmental policies and to attend fund-raisers for the Republican National Committee. Bush's use of the wetlands issue to deflect criticism from presumptive opponent Senator John Kerry, who has made the environment a central line of attack against Bush; Lunchtime appearance at the house of businessman Jack Donahue; Attendance with brother and Florida Governor Jeb Bush at a fund raiser in Miami.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush pledged the federal government to buy back oil and natural gas rights in the Everglades and off the Florida Panhandle. Areas that will be protected under the agreement; Acknowledgement of Florida Governor Jeb Bush that it will help his re-election campaign; Details of the deal; Belief of some environmental groups that the president's action was politically motivated; Mention of the administration's support of drilling in Alaska.

Examines how U.S. Republicans are trying to gain swing voters in Florida by endorsing environmentally friendly plans to restrict access to Big Cypress National Preserve. Reasons why the administration is working to help protect Florida's Big Cypress swamp; How the administration has courted environmentalists by backing a National Park Service plan; Ways that government policy on Big Cypress differs from its policies in Yellowstone National Park and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Reports on the proposed bill approved by the United States (U.S.) House to restore the Florida Everglades. Development of the blueprint to restore the Everglades; Legislators who supported the plan, including Texas Governor George W. Bush; Impact of the plan to the environmental conditions in the U.S.

Discusses efforts of the Land O'Lakes, Florida, region to meet rising demand for drinking water. Population growth, and impact of development on water supply; Concern about the environmental impact of a desalination plant planned for the shores of Tampa Bay; State control of ground water use; Other United States sea water desalination projects; Finance; Public opinion of the project.

Discusses Florida drug enforcement officials' interest in use of a soil-borne fungus called Fusarium oxysporum in efforts to eradicate marijuana. Plans for testing the bioherbicide; Concerns expressed by Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection David Struhs; Risks of mutagenicity; Adverse effects of United States use of soil fungus to destroy coca plants in the Upper Huallaga Valley of Peru.

Focuses on United States Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt's involvement with Democratic lobbyist and fund-raiser, E. William Crotty in relation to the issue over whether officials in Volusia County, Florida, should ban driving on beaches to spare baby sea turtles. Sea turtles being on United States government's list of threatened species; Details on Babbitt's two meetings with Crotty; When Babbitt and Crotty became involved in the issue.

Editorial. Focuses on the Everglades National Park, in Florida which marks its 50th anniversary in December, 1997, with a chance for the President Bill Clinton Administration to restore the Everglades. How the acres of land called the Talisman tract can help restore the Everglades; Information on the Talisman tract.

Editorial. Discusses the United States' Congress' plans for the restoration of the largest environmental rescue project undertaken in this country, the Florida's Everglades. Amount allowed in the administration's 1998 budget for the restoration; Information on the Interior Department's Everglades Restoration Fund.

Informs that President Bill Clinton has decided to endorse a huge project to protect the Florida Everglades. The plan to take farmland out of production and restore a more natural flow of fresh water across the state's southern swamps; Environmentalists' support for the proposal; Expected cost.