Jimmy Buffett, Parrotheads ‘raise a little hell’ in Tallahassee

Crooner Jimmy Buffett will be strumming his guitar and singing today at the Capitol as part of a rally to save the Everglades.

Buffett, who is traveling to Tallahassee with his friend and Florida writer Carl Hiaasen, will perform a short acoustic set with Mississippi singer-songwriter Mac McAnally and steel drummer Robert Greenidge. The rally is set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Capitol.

The performance is part of the Everglades Action Day rally at the Capitol, sponsored by the Everglades Coalition. Environmentalists from across Florida are expected to make their way to the Capitol to push for efforts to save the Everglades, including a proposed state purchase of thousands of acres of land south of Lake Okeechobee owned by U.S. Sugar.

Eric Eikenberg, CEO of the Everglades Coalition, said the organization is asking lawmakers to purchase 46,800 acres of land to store and treat water from Lake Okeechobee, which is polluted by farming activities. Right now, the U.S. Corps of Engineers diverts billions of gallons of water from the lake to the west and east, into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers, causing toxic algae outbreaks, health warnings, fish kills, job losses and depressed home values, he said.


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