STUART, Fla. -- The Everglades Trust endorsed U.S. Rep. Brian Mast Monday morning.
Mast, a Republican, faces Democrat Lauren Baer in the November District 18 Congressional race.
After being endorsed, Mast spoke about an important water bill the Senate is scheduled to vote on this week.
The measure includes the southern reservoir, which would move Lake Okeechobee water south of the lake instead of east and west.
Mast had this message for the Senate: “This is important infrastructure, it matters to the health and the human safety of communities like ours. So go out there, have a great vote on Thursday bring it to fruition because this is something that matters to real people who are having their lives affected in very real ways."
Mast said the Water Resources Development Act includes an amendment to redo the Lake Okeechobee regulation schedule.