Lake Okeechobee

experiences seasonal weather, with a wet and hot summer and relatively dry and mild winters. To the east of the Everglades is the urban Miami metropolitan area, with around 6 million residents. To the north is Lake Okeechobee, the main source of water that flows into the Everglades. Between the lake and the Everglades is a rich area of peat soils that is used mostly for agriculture of plants like sugar cane, corn, vegetables, rice, and sod.…

Lake Okeechobee in the Florida everglades has been polluted from all the agricultural land that has replaced much if the everglades. Farmers on these plots of land have been dumping agricultural runoff that is full phosphorus in the lake. The increase in these chemicals has cause one species of plants to take over the available land surrounding the lake. Cattails grows so thick that animals cannot travel through it. This causes animals that depend on the lake and its surrounding…

The company U.S. Sugar and Florida Crystals, together referred to as “Big Sugar”, produce raw sugar from sugar cane farming and sugar mill company. They are the only producers that produce certified organic sugar that are completely made in the USA. This company needs to be more aware of the Clean Water Act (1972) which establishes the allowable water pollutant levels emitted by US businesses. In an article, Angry About Florida's Ruined Waters, Fishermen Unite Against Big Sugar, it discusses…

#1 Penal codes, also known as criminal codes, are a “collection of criminal statutes” that specifically define criminal activities in their jurisdictions and establishes the penalties enforced on those criminal acts (Cheeseman, 2013, p. 132). “Each state has criminal penal codes that list and defines the activities that are illegal in that state” (Cheeseman, 2013, p. 132). For example, the state of Kentucky defines theft as a Class D felony when the value of the stolen property is more than…

until Barron G. Collier. He made the Everglades the headquarters for the Tamiami Trail road building company in 1923. Barron Collier built a railroad, and it was the town’s first transportation link to the outside world. It was fourteen miles from Deep Lake in the north. Somewhere…

significant breeding grounds for tropical wading birds. Tropical wading birds are mostly in North America. The Everglades is a wonderful place to explore and see creatures, that you don't see on a regular basis. This river flows from the Lake of Lake Okeechobee. This flows into the Florida Bay. The Everglades also has the biggest mangrove ecosystem and…

tournament prize ever given in fishing! Professional Bass fishing is an amazing sport and occupation for many reasons. It pays very well and the anglers get to travel a lot. The fisherman are doing what they love! The winner of the 2017 Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Murray won $300,000, just the winner of each tournament on the regular schedule gets at least $125,000. Even local amateur tournaments payout a decent little amount of cash to some extent. For instance, CBC tournaments which stand for…

Lampuga has created the world’s most advance electric surfboard the world has to offer. This is a tech savvy surfboard that has a carbon fiber body that only weighs 86 pounds. The electric surfboard that Lampuga has made is also the fastest surfboard on the market with top speeds of 34 MPH it is also eco-friendly by using 52-volt lithium-ion battery that provides 20 to 35 minutes of runtime. There is also an anti-grip surface for ease of use, and an automatic kill switch so if someone falls off…

referred to as the best fishing in the entire United States. Florida is not only home to smallmouth bass and largemouth bass, but also to many additional species of fish. As Florida is such a well-known and popular tourist attraction, so are its rivers, lakes and ponds. Guided tours and guided fishing trips can be found in their hundreds. Depending on your choice of fish along with your decision of salt water or fresh water, there are guides for everything, the possibilities are endless. The…

Janie returns to Eatonville and the townspeople what to know where she has been. She is now in her 40s, and she tells her story to her friend Pheoby Watson. Nanny, Janie’s grandmother, marries her to an older rich man named Logan Killicks, but she’s not in love him as he tries to make her work. During this marriage, Janie meets and runs off with an easygoing man named Joe Starks who takes her to a new, barely developed, African American town called Eatonville. While there, Joe Starks buys land…