Standing by the sunset's sparkle on the Intracoastal Waterway flowing past Jupiter Island, Gov. Charlie Crist talked of fishing and what he would do to protect the pastime and the area's treasured ecosystem.
On Thursday at Stuart City Hall, he is scheduled to sign legislation that makes good on that pledge and gives $60 million more to help restore Lake Okeechobee and fund pollution controls. The river money would go toward setting aside land, constructing treatment wetlands and identifying water storage areas, among other projects.Crist, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael W. Sole and Senate President Ken Pruitt, R-Port St. Lucie, are scheduled to sign the Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program bill by the St. Lucie River.