Wetlands In The Everglades

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The Everglades is a two million acre wetland that starts around Orlando and goes all the way south to Florida Bay. Since the 1800's, human development, urbanization and demand for agricultural land has changed and reduced the Everglades landscape to a shell of its former self. Water diversions and flood control projects have cut water flows and connections between wetlands throughout the Everglades, destroying the habitats of thousands of

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