--- title: Dear Attorney General Bond description: "Anglers for Conservation joins 57 signatory organizations and businesses in a joint letter to Florida’s Attorney General Bondi regarding Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint amicus brief. The letter read: Dear […]" --- - [Home](https://www.anglersforconservation.org) - Events Show submenu for Events - [🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Outreach Programs](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/programs) - [🗓️ Events Calendar](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/events) - Education Show submenu for Education - [Bait & Tackle](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/fishing-tackle) - [Boating Safety](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/seagrass) - [Casting](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/casting) - [Knot Tying](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/monofilament-line-recycling) - [Know the Fish](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/know-the-fish) - [Safety & Rod Handling](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/rod-safety) - Support Show submenu for Support - [Get Involved](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/get-involved) Show submenu for Get Involved - [Work with Us](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/work-with-us) - [Volunteer](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/volunteer) - [Buy A license Plate](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/get-involved) - [Create a Facebook Fundraiser](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/get-involved) - Giving Show submenu for Giving - [Become a Sponsor](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/sponsor) - [Become a Corporate Sponsor](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/become-a-sponsor-0) - [Memorials & Tributes](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/memorials-tributes) - Abous Us Show submenu for Abous Us - [AFC History](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/afc-history) - [Blog](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/blog) - [Contact Us](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/rod-safety-0-0-0-0-1) - [Home](https://www.anglersforconservation.org) - Events Show submenu for Events - [🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 Outreach Programs](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/programs) - [🗓️ Events Calendar](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/events) - Education Show submenu for Education - [Bait & Tackle](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/fishing-tackle) - [Boating Safety](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/seagrass) - [Casting](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/casting) - [Knot Tying](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/monofilament-line-recycling) - [Know the Fish](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/know-the-fish) - [Safety & Rod Handling](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/rod-safety) - Support Show submenu for Support - [Get Involved](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/get-involved) Show submenu for Get Involved - [Work with Us](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/work-with-us) - [Volunteer](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/volunteer) - [Buy A license Plate](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/get-involved) - [Create a Facebook Fundraiser](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/get-involved) - Giving Show submenu for Giving - [Become a Sponsor](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/sponsor) - [Become a Corporate Sponsor](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/become-a-sponsor-0) - [Memorials & Tributes](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/memorials-tributes) - Abous Us Show submenu for Abous Us - [AFC History](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/afc-history) - [Blog](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/blog) - [Contact Us](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/rod-safety-0-0-0-0-1) [Conservation](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/blog/tag/conservation) # Dear Attorney General Bond [Carla Perscky](https://www.anglersforconservation.org/blog/author/carla-perscky) 14 September, 2025 Anglers for Conservation joins 57 signatory organizations and businesses in a joint letter to Florida’s Attorney General Bondi regarding Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint amicus brief. The letter read: Dear Attorney General Bondi: When the leadership of six states joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an historic plan to effectively manage under-treated sewage, industrial discharges and, most important, agricultural pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, water managers in our state recognized that such collaborative success in the Mid-Atlantic could lead to solutions to Florida’s fouled waters as well. We understood why some regulated industries tied to outdated, unsustainable business practices would fight the cleanup of the Chesapeake, but were confounded and outraged as to why our Attorney General would join the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Pork Council, The Fertilizer Institute, and the National Beef Cattleman’s Association in a lawsuit against the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint. This cannot be credibly portrayed as a state’s-rights issue, as the Chesapeake Bay states signed and supported the cleanup plan. The legal challenge also cannot be portrayed as protecting Floridians’ interests; the demise of the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint would actually set a negative precedent for the development and implementation of effective cleanup plans for Florida’s waters. The waters of Florida, and across the country, suffer from the same source of pollution as Chesapeake Bay – too much nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer, sewage and animal manure. Algal blooms explode; toxic dead zones are created; and waters are rendered unfit for swimming, fishing or drinking. There isn’t one region of Florida that has escaped the impacts of this pollution – we have the lost jobs, decreased property values, and diminished quality of life to show for it from the Panhandle to the Keys but nowhere has the extent of this water quality problem in Florida been more apparent than in the Everglades ecosystem in the last 12 months. If the Everglades is to be restored, we must effectively deal with not only the storage and conveyance of water through the region but also the quality of that water. Water quality in the Everglades will never be improved if regulated industries do not stop pollution at its source instead of sending it flowing into state waters. The Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint should be used as a map for other states rather than be attacked because it might actually accomplish what it proposes to do. The Everglades is the hallmark of Florida – a unique ecosystem found nowhere else on earth – that provides our state with clean drinking water, incredibly biodiversity, and countless recreational opportunities for Floridians and visitors alike that bolster our tourism economy. We need to do everything possible to protect the waters of the Everglades, including supporting and encouraging fruitful collaboration between the state and the US EPA. The State of Florida has been calling on the federal government to “do its part” with regard to the restoration of the Everglades ecosystem; any attempt to sabotage collaboration between the US EPA and another state or states does nothing but hurt our endeavors here to share the burden with Florida’s federal partners. To show the citizens of Florida that you are committed to ensuring Florida’s water bodies are clean and healthy, we, the 57 undersigned organizations and businesses, ask you to immediately withdraw the state’s involvement in the American Farm Bureau Federation, et. al v. Environmental Protection Agency, (3d. Cir. 2014). 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