Nathaniel P. Reed. By Geniusofdespair

I don't know why I posted this. I guess I was thinking this is one of our environmental weapons against Rick Scott. Yes, a Republican environmentalist. Gimleteye calls him "an environmental icon." More on
Nathaniel P. Reed - From the Everglades Coalition website:

Following military service and upon returning to Florida he became Vice President and then President of the Hobe Sound Company, a real estate and holding company, which owned the world famous Jupiter Island Club. Under his parent's vision, Jupiter Island was developed slowly and wisely with hundreds of acres of wilderness preserved on the Island and mainland. Mr. Reed was deeply involved in the land issues that led to the extraordinary range of land donations that created the Nature Conservancy's Blowing Rocks Preserve and the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge.

In 1967, he was appointed the state's first Governor's Environmental Counsel (1967-71) by Claude R. Kirk, Jr. In 1969, following the exposure of years of neglect and lack of enforcement of basic air and water pollution state laws, the governor appointed Mr. Reed to become Chairman of the newly formed Department of Air and Water Pollution Control which has evolved into the Department of Environmental Regulation. In 1971, Mr. Reed accepted the invitation of President Nixon to become Assistant Secretary of Interior for Fish, Wildlife and National Parks, where he served until 1977.

Mr. Reed has served seven governors, republican and democrat, on every conceivable committee and commission. He is best known as the highly visible Chairman of the Commission on Florida's Environmental Future which recommended a three billion dollar investment in the remaining best wild lands in Florida. Two million acres later the program continues to be supported by Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Legislature.

Reed was appointed by three different governors to serve as a member of the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board. For 14 years he was the voice of conscience for everglades restoration and efforts to end outdated drainage practices and mismanagement of water.