The Importance Of The Everglades

Florida's Everglades is very important to us. Without the Everglades peoples water supply will go to risk, we wouldn’t have a natural buffer to help prevent the damage of hurricanes, and people would dump their unwanted pets causing problems to our food chains.

Without the Everglades or wetlands people will be risking their water supply. People don’t realize that when they are polluting the Everglades they are not just harming the Everglades but they are also harming themselves. People nearby use that water for their water supply and if people are constantly polluting the Everglades then these people are bathing, drinking, and playing in polluted water. This is a major risk factor for the well-being of these humans. The Everglades and wetlands are supposed to "improve water quality by filtering, cleaning, and storing water." Quoted from "Wetlands and Habitat Loss." But this cannot happen if all people are doing is polluting it. People should stop throwing their waste into the water of the Everglades so we can have a clean and healthy water supply.

If we didn’t have the Everglades then we would be a risk factor of major flooding. "Wetlands serve as a natural buffer zone against storms and hurricanes, slowing down the storms, and reducing their …show more content…
The non-native plants are actually very harmful to the environment. For example "some vine-like plants actually grow over original trees and plants, but growing so thick that they block out water flow and movement of animals," quoted from "Are the Everglades Forever?" This is a huge problem but people only think about themselves and what they need to happen so they don’t care because it isn't affecting their lives but it is effecting the lives of other people and our