[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE LIFE OF KARL WICKSTROM

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                           HON. BRIAN J. MAST

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 27, 2018

  Mr. MAST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Florida 
Sportsman founder Karl Wickstrom, who passed away on June 26, 2018 in 
Stuart, Florida.
  Throughout his life, he was a passionate and inspiring champion for 
Florida's waterways. For decades, he supported organizations like the 
Rivers Coalition in the fight for cleaner waters in our community. His 
strong legacy of environmental activism will live on in the important 
work that each of the organizations he supported continues to do.
  In addition to his lasting legacy in the form of laws protecting 
Florida's environment, he is also responsible for inspiring an entirely 
new generation of champions for clean water. Because of his journalism 
and activism, his ideas for environmental protection will continue to 
reverberate through our communities for decades to come.
  Mr. Speaker, it is incumbent upon all of us to take up this legacy, 
continue his fight, protect our estuaries and send the water south. 
While we continue to mourn the loss of this environmental visionary and 
pray for his family, let us also use this opportunity to fulfill his 
vision for a safer, healthier and stronger Florida.

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