On Tuesday, Floridians overwhelmingly voted for Amendment 1, the so-called Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative. Winning approval from a whopping 75 percent of the electorate, the constitutional amendment will set aside one-third of all revenue from the state’s excise taxes—surcharges on goods like gasoline, cigarettes, and alcohol—into a trust fund for the purchase and upkeep of the state’s wetlands, forests, parks, beaches, farms, and urban green spaces. It’s a heartening development when held against the loss of similar measures at ballot boxes in North Dakota and Massachusetts.All told, the amendment will generate $18 billion in dedicated funds for environmental conservation annually. “It’s a record amount of money,” says Eric Draper, state director of 约炮视频 Florida, which rallied voters to pass the bill. “And much of it will be spent on 约炮视频’s priorities—wildlife habitat, Important Bird Areas, the Everglades, coastal habitats.”Despite...