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In an attempt to resolve the political quagmire over water quality, Governor Lawton Chiles introduced a bill in 1994 to clean up water within the EAA that was being released to the lower Everglades. The bill stated that the "Everglades ecosystem must be restored both in terms of water quality and water quantity and must be preserved and ...
The Everglades Forever Act is a Florida law passed in 1994 designed to restore the Everglades. [1] The law recognized, the “Everglades ecological system is endangered as a result of adverse changes in water quality, and in the quantity, distribution and timing of flows, and, therefore, must be restored and protected.” [2] The law was codified in § 373.4592, Florida Statutes.
A storm over the Shark River in the Everglades, 1966. Water is the dominant force in the Everglades, shaping the land, vegetation, and animal life in South Florida. Starting at the last glacial maximum, 21,000 years ago, continental ice sheets retreated and sea levels rose.
The flow of clean water has been seriously impaired, says a member of the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission. Everglades reservoir is critical to our water supply and needs everyone’s ...
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The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) [2] provides a framework and guide to restore, protect and preserve the water resources of central and southern Florida, including the Everglades. It covers 16 counties over an 18,000-square-mile (47,000 km 2 ) area and centers on an update of the Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project ...
The Everglades has an immense capacity for water storage, owing to the permeable limestone beneath the exposed land. Most of the water arrives in the form of rainfall, and a significant amount is stored in the limestone. Water evaporating from the Everglades becomes rain over metropolitan areas, providing the fresh water supply for the region.
Everglades National Park spans more than 1.5 million acres of South Florida. Visitors may enter from Miami, Homestead or Everglades City, near Naples, by land, and should note that the park’s ...