Titusville environmentalist Laurilee Thompson speaks on Florida’s Right to Clean Water.
Laurilee Thompson, Titusville restaurateur and fifth generation Floridian, speaks about the decline in North Indian River Lagoon water quality and how it has affected the local commercial seafood industry at a recent Florida’s Right to Clean Water press event.
IRL Roundtable member Laurilee Thompson is a fifth-generation Floridian with an unshakable commitment to the state’s natural resources, including the Indian River Lagoon. She is the co-owner of Dixie Crossroads, a southern seafood restaurant in Titusville, FL with international name recognition. Laurilee is an avid naturalist with a pragmatic eye to the sustainable use of natural resources and an important advocate for the promotion, protection, and responsible use of our natural resources. She is the founder of the highly successful Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival and serves on numerous boards related to tourism, the environment and fishing.
Florida’s Right to Clean Water
A group of folks came together, inspired by the legal possibility and grounds to enact rights-based laws in Florida. They established the Florida Rights of Nature Network and eventually realized that a constitutional amendment would be needed to clarify our actual priorities and a civil action to enforce our right to clean and healthy waters. Please visit their website for more information, backstory and contact info.