The Florida Everglades Ecosystem

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Frogs, birds, plant life, and gators all live in the Everglades. A beautiful state park with tons of wildlife. But did you know the Everglades is a very important ecosystem and supports life to various animals. It’s too bad that the Everglades is going down-hill. Farmers and other agriculture is making it so the Everglades’ water is contaminated.
Why, how, what, well keep reading to find out. Firstly, when the settlers came to Florida they thought that the Everglades was useless swampland so they tried to take it out. It states in Source 1 “Past and Present: The Florida Everglades” “ From the 1905-1910 the settlers began to convert the land so it could be used for agricultural purposes. They laid down a railroad system and more settlers came

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