Everglades scientists Tom Van Lent, 67, ordered to spend 10 days behind bars over a contract and trade secrets dispute with the Everglades Foundation. Search Query Show Search. HOME.

Van Lent landed in court last year after he quit the Foundation where he’d worked for 17 years amid an ongoing dispute over a controversial Everglades reservoir project that he refused to endorse.

On Thursday, a judge ordered longtime Everglades scientist Tom Van Lent to surrender in a case that shocked the normally tight-knit Everglades community.