A bit of cursory research showed that he has done quite a lot to get the funding for the restoration: From bloomberg, via yahoo news: https://news.yahoo.com/d

A bit of cursory research showed that he has done quite a lot to get the funding for the restoration: From bloomberg, via yahoo news: https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-fights-everglades-neglects-climate-080035805.html https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-fights-everglades-neglects-c... > In his first term, with the help of the president of the Florida Senate, he’d secured an historic $1.7 billion in state and federal funding for the Everglades. Then he pledged $3.5 billion more to accelerate federal restoration plans a quarter century in the making. I believe stating that 'this was started long ago', without mentioning the current administration's acceleration of the project doesn't tell the whole story.