Today we have an unparalleled opportunity to conserve and restore a fully functional, reconnected wetland corridor in the Everglades. Together, we can pass the test. This report is intended to provide the U.
The screening analysis below incorporates the new Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan CERP storage facilities under construction and completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation project, as well as other restoration activities and projects that are underway to supplement the insights learned from the first two rounds of sensitivity modeling.
Conservation Update. The Nature Conservancy has led efforts that protect thousands of acres of prime panther habitat and corridors that link those places. Program Overview. The Everglades are essential for fish and wildlife, but the system also provides enormous benefits to people, as it:.
Regrettably, human actions have altered the natural flow of water throughout the Everglades. The result is an ecosystem in collapse. Since the s, water diversions and flood-control projects have severed the flow of water between different parts of the Everglades, while large areas of its lands were converted to agricultural or residential areas.
The re-plumbing of the Everglades has resulted in a system where the health of critical coastal estuaries are at risk. At times, too much polluted water is pumped to both coasts from Lake Okeechobee, while too little freshwater flows south to the Everglades and Florida Bay. Lucie estuaries on the east and west coasts. We can solve these problems by recreating natural flows of clean water south to the Everglades National Park and Florida Bay.
To restore the Everglades, the National Wildlife Federation works to:. A critical piece of restoring the Everglades is to construct a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee.
Check out these interesting facts about this vast and unique national park: 1. Photo by Glenn Nagel www. An aerial view of the Everglades backcountry.
Photo by National Park Service. One of the many animals that live in the Everglades, Alligators move three different ways on land. They high walk, belly walk and belly run.
Alligators, like this one in the Everglades, high walk when they aren't in a hurry. The frequent thunderstorms during the summer rainy season ensure a seasonal supply of freshwater to the Everglades. A stormy photo by Kenneth Carper www. Photo of Seminole Indians south of the Tamiami Trail. A mangrove sunset in Oyster Bay by James Pion www. Pictured here is the Nike launch area in front of the Section Barn in Corpsmen worked to eradicate a species of native wild cotton infected with the invasive pink bollworm that was posing a risk to the cultivated cotton crop.
Explore This Park. Everglades National Park Florida. Info Alerts Maps Calendar Reserve. Alerts In Effect Dismiss. Dismiss View all alerts. Seminole Indians south of the Tamiami Trail.
Draining the Everglades. Florida Memory Project Developers Early colonial settlers and land developers viewed the Everglades as a worthless swamp in need of reclamation. A typical home in one of these coastal communities.
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