The Everglades, located in Florida was once an almost 11,000 square foot wilderness of wetlands. It contained lush Sawgrass marshes, freshwater sloughs, mangrove swamps, pine Rocklands and hardwood hammocks. Having been around for an estimated 5,000 years, the Everglades were designated by the federal government as a state park in December of 1947. The Everglades is considered the largest, one-of-a-kind subtropical wilderness ecosystems in the United States. Hosting a very delicate ecosystem that has not only shaped the natural economy and culture of Florida, but it has also served as a home to many vulnerable and endangered species. Unfortunately however, the Everglades has suffered more than 50 years of significant damage due to the population swells in southern Florida and detrimental land development that striped away large tracks of swamp land for commercial and agricultural growth.
This damage has caused a dramatic loss of water within the Everglades, which critically …show more content…
In addition, the plan calls for half of the funding to be designated for state and tribal groups, while the other half was earmarked for local agencies. The CERP is by far, the largest hydrologic restoration project even undertaken by the United States. While planning for the Everglades’s restoration projects has made considerable advances over the past two years; the project has met its share of policy, procedural, and fiscal issues that have hindered the project full implementation. Nevertheless, a congressionally mandated report released in 2014 suggests that there has been modest progress made. With much of the CERP’s efforts focused “along the edges of the ecosystem”
This damage has caused a dramatic loss of water within the Everglades, which critically …show more content…
In addition, the plan calls for half of the funding to be designated for state and tribal groups, while the other half was earmarked for local agencies. The CERP is by far, the largest hydrologic restoration project even undertaken by the United States. While planning for the Everglades’s restoration projects has made considerable advances over the past two years; the project has met its share of policy, procedural, and fiscal issues that have hindered the project full implementation. Nevertheless, a congressionally mandated report released in 2014 suggests that there has been modest progress made. With much of the CERP’s efforts focused “along the edges of the ecosystem”