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The bulk of our work continues to be representing SAFER at the meetings of the various participating agencies. As official stakeholders in the CERP process, our representatives attend the Project Design Teams (PDT's) of projects such as Decomp, Master Recreation Plan and the South Florida Restoration Task Force. It was SAFER's particpation which was instrumental in the creation of the MRP. We are members of SFWMD's WRAC Recreational Issues Subcommittee, where our participation has helped to open up SFWMD controlled land to all forms of recreational activity. And, of course, we are there to speak our minds at the many Public Meetings.

SAFER, and its stance on Everglades Restoration, has had  articles published in many national and state publications. Among these are Bassmasters and BASS Times Magazines, Florida Sportsman, Sports Afield, and FWC's The City Fisher. In addition, articles concerning SAFER have appeared in the tri-county regions newspapers—The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, The Miami Herald and The Palm Beach Post. Many of these articles can be viewed in the "Media Articles" section of this web site.

We started out as a grassroots organization in 1992, setting up a booth at the Bass Pro Shop's Fishing Classic Weekend, and have never forgotten our roots—the recreational fisherman accessing the Everglades. Through booths at sporting shows,  literature distributions, and informational mailings we gathered over 2000 signatures on a petition clearly stating our beliefs on Everglades Restoration, and submitted it to the COE at a Public Meeting. Our efforts have attracted local, regional and national media attention, and have earned the respect of the government agencies responsible for CERP as far as the halls of Washington D.C. .

Our annual bass tournament continues to be a one of the most important means of getting our message across to the participating government agencies. Each year we invite members of the agency teams to see and experience first hand, the awesome fishery which we all enjoy, and is so much a part of our lifestyle. Over the years, we have hosted team members from the Corps of Engineers, SFWMD, and the Department of the Interior, representing Everglades National Park, the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The past few years has seen SAFER make a concerted effort to communicate our agenda to the environmental community. Like them, we share a basic core value: we are here to protect the habitat. SAFER has participated in several discussion panels hosted by the National Parks Conservation Association, and attended the annual conference of the Everglades Coalition. We will continue to develop these lines of communication, and hope to overcome the mutual distrust which, in the past,  has characterized the relationship between the environmental community and the sportsmen accessing the Everglades for recreational purposes.