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Everglades

            
             The Everglades are the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in North America and have increased in size from the original 460,000 acres to 109,493.10 acres in just sixty six years. They stretch southward from Lake Okeechobee to the Bay of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico and are consumed with mystery and beauty. Inside lie a succession of plant and animal wildlife found nowhere else in the world (Doner 1). It is one of the country's richest biological preserves and through hard work will remain to exist. The Everglades have produced many needs to be met along with the plants and animals that inhabit them.
             To fully understand the diversity of the Everglades, a general knowledge of how they came to be is essential. Surprisingly young, the Everglades were only formed within the last 5,000 years (2). The movement of tectonic plates first formed the base while the expansion and contraction of ice sheets slowly accumulated to form the aquatic system. Only after the end of the Wisconsin glacier did the birth of the peninsula come to be; it was then the interrelationship between the organic rock of the ancient seafloor and the waters of today's modern ocean begin to form the Everglades. There are three elements that created the Everglades and they are rock, water and fire (McCally 1-2). .
             One important element is rock because it is the foundation on which the Everglades rest. It can be divided into three categories: 1) basement rock 2) marine sediments and 3) Ice Age Strata. Each of these categories played an important role in the formation of the Everglades (Molloy 1). The basement rock was at one-time piece of Africa that provided the base for the westerly direction of drainage. However the second allowed numerous generations of marine animals to give their bodies to the limestone and finally the third rose the level of the sea and provided both the sandy formations and the limestone bedrock (McCally 2-4).


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1. Everglades

In 1947, President Truman declared the Everglades a National Park, making about 1/7 of the 1.4 million acres of the Everglades the 3rd largest National Park ("The Everglades/Sanibel Island"). ... The Everglades is nothing like that at all, it is approximately fifty miles across and six inches deep ("Everglades, Big Cypress, Biscayne, Fort Jefferson"). ... A majority of the Everglades is "a river of grass". ... Big Cypress Natural Preserve is also an important part of the Everglades. ... The final part of the Everglades is the Mangrove trees. ...

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  • Approx Pages: 13
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2. Big problems vs. Everglades

Everglades Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Bruce Babbit are two fine examples of what it is to really fight for something you stand for, The Everglades. First off The Everglades is one of the only Florida natural wildlife destinations, there is nothing like it left all over the United States, the Big Problem's is slowly killing of the Everglades. ... Second, the pollution along side population problem is huge in the Everglades crisis. ... In conclusion, there are almost no Everglades left in the world. ... The Everglades is precious, and vital to Florida, and...

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3. Port Everglades

New Jobs Pujalt 1 The Expansion of Port Everglades Port Everglades is located on the southeast coast of South Florida. ... Port Everglades has experienced steady financial and geographical growth over the past decade. ... Port Everglades once depended solely on the petroleum industry. ... Projections on the outcome of the expansion of Port Everglades are excellent. ... Pujalt 4 The developing expansion of Port Everglades will also create a variety of new jobs. ...

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4. Destroying the River of Grass

The Everglades covered a large part of southern Florida. ... The Everglades had an extensive ecosystem of its own, but time and people have destroyed much of the land that was once the Florida Everglades. Many changes have been made to the Everglades for many reasons. ... Truman dedicated the new Everglades National Park. ... The Florida Everglades is another example of this story. ...

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5. Florida Everglades

Fresh water fen composes the main part of the Everglades. ... The eventual destruction of Everglades can be prevented. ... The need to save the Everglades should outweigh the needs of the growing Florida population. The Florida Everglades provides habitats for many rare and exotic animals and plants. Further development of the area would prove detrimental to the entire ecosystem of the Everglades. ...

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6. Saving the everglades

The Florida Everglades, located in Southern Florida is the largest wetland in the world. ... Overtime though, the everglades have changed dramatically due to population growth and expanding urbanization. ... By slowing these human factors we can help stop the destruction of the everglades and will be able to control water flow to and from the everglades. 100 years ago Southern Florida was filled with thousands of acres of undeveloped natural land. ... Decreasing population growth and urban sprawl in Southern Florida will help conserve the everglades and its ecosystem as well as help cont...

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7. President Truman And The River Of Grass

According to Tebeau in Man in the Everglades, "Everglades National Park is at once a limited and vast sampling of a region full of contrast.... ... In Daniel Beard's Wildlife Reconnaissance: Everglades National Park Project of 1938, the first superintendent of Everglades National Park remarks, "To put it crudely, there is nothing (and we include the bird rookeries) in the Everglades that will make Mr. ... In 1928, he and others organized the Tropical Everglades Park Association (later known as the Tropical Everglades National Park Association), devoted solely to the creation of a nationa...

  • Word Count: 1949
  • Approx Pages: 8
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  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

8. Environmental Response Paper

Both federal and state governments are concerned about the preservation of the Everglades. In fact, there has been a proposal passed to help keep the Everglades clean. "The Everglades Protection Area shall be defined as set forth in s. 373.4592, F.S. The phosphorus criterion for the Everglades Protection Area shall be 10 parts per billion (ppb) and shall apply to all predominantly freshwater portions of the Everglades Protection Area. ... These sampling stations will be located so not to alter the current land space of the Everglades. ...

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9. Wetlands

When most people think of wetlands the first thing that will pop into their mind will be visions of swamps and flooded plains. These marshy lands would seem to have no purpose, while in reality they are the most precious forms of ecosystem that we have in America. Wetlands contribute to biodiversity, clean water, flood control, and provide a habitat for millions of species of plants and animals. Even with all this wetlands still face mass destruction, much like the rain forests they are just as productive and face similar rates of devastation (Mitchell, J. (1992, October). "Our Disappearing We...

  • Word Count: 6040
  • Approx Pages: 24
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

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