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  2. Everglades National Park - Wikipedia

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    Location: Miami-Dade, Monroe, & Collier counties, Florida, United States: Nearest city: Florida City Everglades City: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 1,508,976 acres (6,106.61 km 2) 1,508,243 acres (2,356.6 sq mi) federal [2]: Authorized: May 30, 1934; 90 years ago (): Visitors: 1,155,193 (in 2022) [3]: Governing body: National Park Service: Website: nps.gov /ever: UNESCO World Heritage Site. Type ...

  3. Manny Puig - Wikipedia

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    Manny Puig (born 1954 or 1955) [1] is a Cuban-born American wildlife entertainer who is known for his encounters with dangerous animals such as sharks, black bears and American alligators. [2]

  4. Everglades - Wikipedia

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    The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems. Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947, though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system. The area recognized as the Everglades, prior to drainage, was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2) in size. [36]

  5. Draining and development of the Everglades - Wikipedia

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    Everglades National Park management and Marjory Stoneman Douglas initially supported the C&SF, as it promised to maintain the Everglades and manage the water responsibly. However, an early report by the project reflected local attitudes about the Everglades as a priority to people in nearby developed areas: "The aesthetic appeal of the Park can ...

  6. Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Geography and ecology of the Everglades - Wikipedia

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    The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-5107-5; Jewell, Susan (1993). Exploring Wild South Florida: A Guide to Finding the Natural Areas and Wildlife of the Everglades and Florida Keys, Pineapple Press, Inc. ISBN 1-56164-023-9; Lodge, Thomas E. (1994).

  8. Everglades Wilderness Waterway - Wikipedia

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    Map of Everglades Wilderness Waterway and camping sites. There are around 40 camping designated sites along the waterway which include beach, ground and chickee campsites. Plate Creek Chickee 12.25.2016 East Cape Sable Beach camping. Beach sites are located along Florida Bay and Gulf of Mexico. During ideal conditions, insects may be scarce ...

  9. Restoration of the Everglades - Wikipedia

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    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.