Everglades National Park

The Everglades National park is a place full of exotic plants and animals. The Everglades is a place with a lot of interesting facts as well as an interesting story. Even though it is a truly amazing place it had a lot of problems the last few decades. The Everglades have had a lot of history, problems, and issues facing recent attempts. To begin, the Everglades has had a lot of history to it. Some of this history might teach you something new. In passage one lines nine through twenty one state, “Seminole and Miccosukee tribes lived in the Everglades prior to 1882...Settlers from outside of Florida came to the Everglades…” it also states that they began to “convert the land” building railroad systems, canals, etc. The Everglades has had…

Why should we even care about the Florida everglades? I'll tell you why. Even if you don’t realize this, wet lands like the Florida Everglades are so important to both human and animal life. Both rely on the Florida Everglades drastically but lately the Everglades haven't been in there best shape. The Everglades are being badly affected lately by pollution and new animals being brought into the ecosystem. If this doesn’t get under control, Florida could be in trouble. We the humans need to see…

Burmese Pythons Are Invading the Everglades More than 2,000 pythons have be removed from Florida’s Everglades, but this is only representing a fraction of the population of tens of thousands. Burmese pythons are native to the grassy marshes of Southeast Asia, and they are among the largest snakes in the world (Source 1). They are capable to growing to an astounding length of 23 feet and a weight of up to 200 pounds (Source 1). The presence of Burmese pythons is changing Florida’s everglades…

species in south Florida—could find comfortable climatic conditions in roughly a third of the United States according to new "climate maps" developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although other factors such as type of food available and suitable shelter also play a role, Burmese pythons and other giant constrictor snakes have shown themselves to be highly adaptable to new environments. The just-released USGS maps can help natural resource agencies manage and possibly control the spread…

The Everglades is a natural park where visitors can see alligators, and take a ride on a hovercraft, located southeast of Florida. It features a variety of fauna and flora in over 6,000 kms long and is approximately one hour from the city of Miami. In recent years it has been affected by the amount of pollutants in the water. A recent study by the University of Florida showed significantly higher levels of pollution in the sediment of the Everglades, an extension of surface water and reed 160 by…

You may go to the Everglades and see a beautiful marsh from the dock your on, but like a fake smile on someone's face, so that everyone else won’t worry , it’s all a lie. Under the surface , the Everglades are suffering from our past actions. Since 1900, draining of the Everglades for development and farming has eroded 50% of the original wetlands. In 1986, when large levels of phosphorous were found, water management became a primary focus in the Everglades, resulting in long court battles to…

Burmese Python Invasion Tracked in Florida A study by the U.S. Geological Survey (www.usgs.gov) has Florida wildlife officials worried about a Burmese python invasion in the Everglades National Park (www.nps.gov/ever). Now, since the pythons first made travel into the area in 1979, they have found the perfect breeding and feeding grounds and their numbers have grown to at least 300,000 snakes. It’s thought that the Burmese python invasion actually began to get its grip onto the area in 1992 when…

already dying bee populations. This will impact the farmers’ income and also the cost in which they sell their produce at to the communities they serve. For organic farmers, spraying is causing a contamination of their produce as drifting from aerial spraying lands on their produce or is cross pollenated from bee populations. Boundaries of the Ecosystem The Everglades take up a large portion of Monroe County. In the Water Protection Program founded by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary…

Invasive Species of Florida Many people think that everything in a given environment was supposed to be there, that is not the case. What if I told you that sometimes animals or plants end up in an area that they were not supposed to be. This happens more often than you would think. When a species ends up in an area it’s not supposed to be this can have negative effects on the environment and the wildlife in it. Many snakes including the Burmese Python have been showing up in the Everglades…

Located in Florida, the Everglades is home to over 350 species of birds alone! Not only does it house many different types of species, this natural wetland also boosts Florida's economy in an exceeding amount with visitors coming in every day! But sadly, due to invasive snakes like pythons and other foreign animals and plants, native species have been receiving harm and endangerment in the area. The Everglades: extremely valuable to both our economy and all of the animals that nest there. A…