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Douglas later wrote, "My colleague Art Marshall said that with [the words "River of Grass"] I changed everybody's knowledge and educated the world as to what the Everglades meant". [72] The last chapter was titled "The Eleventh Hour" and warned that the Everglades were approaching death, although the course could be reversed. [ 73 ]
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.
There are a number of environmental issues in Florida.A large portion of Florida is a biologically diverse ecosystem, with large wetlands in the Everglades.Management of environmental issues related to the everglades and the larger coastal waters and wetlands have been important to the history of Florida and the development of multiple parts of the economy of Florida, including the influential ...
The latest Everglades Restoration project will pass more water through the Old Ingraham Highway. The Everglades needs more fresh water moving south. This new project will help
Sections of the road are now being elevated to restore water flows into the Shark River Slough – a vital restoration area deep in the Everglades National Park. The highway elevation is part of a massive state-federal project, approved by Congress in 2000 with bipartisan support, that aims to undo damages wreaked upon these wetlands.
A portion of the C-38 canal, finished in 1971, now backfilled to restore the Kissimmee River floodplain to a more natural state. An ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted during the 20th century on the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history.
The restoration project was completed on July 29, 2021. It restored 40 miles (64.3 km) of river and almost 25,000 acres of wetlands. [9] Lake Kissimmee is expected to rise one and a half feet, restoring water sequestration functions and easing seasonal droughts. [9] Already, wildlife is returning to the restored sections of river.
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 ...