Save Local Fertilizer Guidelines

As you may have heard, the Florida state legislature made a sneak attack on local government urban fertilizer ordinances in the very last days of the legislative session. Slipped into the final 2023-24 budget sent to Governor DeSantis, this move prohibits local governments from adopting or amending urban fertilizer ordinances that include a rainy season application ban.

The prohibition is tied to a $250,000 appropriation to the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) at the University of Florida for a study to “evaluate the effectiveness” of seasonal fertilizer restrictions. Both the prohibition and the study need to go!

As you may have heard, the Florida state legislature made a sneak attack on local government urban fertilizer ordinances in the very last days of the legislative session. Slipped into the final 2023-24 budget sent to Governor DeSantis, this move prohibits local governments from adopting or amending urban fertilizer ordinances that include a rainy season application ban.

The prohibition is tied to a $250,000 appropriation to the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) at the University of Florida for a study to “evaluate the effectiveness” of seasonal fertilizer restrictions. Both the prohibition and the study need to go!

Tell Governor DeSantis to Protect Water Quality

Please join us in urging Governor DeSantis to VETO line item 146 of SB 2500, a complete ban on creating or modifying local fertilizer ordinances. This line was included in the budget in the final days of session. By using the budget bill, the preemptive language was able to be inserted with a complete lack of public input or debate.

Clean water is of paramount importance to Florida. The legislature should be striving to enhance our water supply, rather than seeking to undermine local protection efforts. Our state’s communities and industries are dependent upon good water quality and ecological preservation.

Local ordinances that ensure responsible fertilizer application work to avoid immense levels of nitrogen and phosphorus-based fertilizers being dumped into waterways at high-risk times of year. Without these ordinances, we risk harmful algae blooms that are dangerous to humans and deadly to wildlife.

Take action by asking Governor DeSantis to VETO line item 146 of SB 2500.

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I am asking you to use your line-item veto power to VETO line item 146 of SB 2500 due to the negative effects it would have on Florida water quality. Protecting Florida's water quality is necessary for economic, social, and ecological prosperity of my community. Local fertilizer ordinances are one of the ways through which my community has been able to ensure that we are keeping our valuable water safe.

The study line 146 proposes will completely preempt local cities and counties from creating or modifying their fertilizer ordinances. There is no good reason that this study needs to have such a restriction associated with it.

Florida has 52 watersheds with many soil types and hardiness zones. Fertilizer ordinances allow local governments to carefully craft intelligent regulations that protect the unique ecosystems around Florida. One study or fertilizer guideline cannot possibly be appropriate for all regions of the state.

Here is a chance to protect our communities from the harmful algal blooms and ecological impacts that follow nutrients polluting our waterways. Please protect the health and livelihood of Floridians and VETO line item 146 of SB 2500.

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