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Draining the Everglades removed this groundwater, which was replaced by ocean water seeping into the area's wells. [66] In 1939, 1 million acres (4,000 km 2 ) of Everglades burned, and the black clouds of peat and sawgrass fires hung over Miami.
The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems. Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947, though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system. The area recognized as the Everglades, prior to drainage, was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2) in size. [36]
A portion of the C-38 canal, finished in 1971, now backfilled to restore the Kissimmee River floodplain to a more natural state. An ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted during the 20th century on the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history.
Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane.
The Everglades is not simply a place for recreation and alligator sightings; it is crucial for South Florida’s water supply. Graham was among those who, like renowned activist and journalist ...
The Everglades are unique; no other wetland system in the world is nourished primarily from the atmosphere. [5] Before the first attempt at draining the Everglades in 1882, the entire watershed extended from Orlando to Florida Bay comprising the Kissimmee–Lake Okeechobee–Everglades (KLOE) watershed.
Florida faces incredible environmental challenges. And in the spirit of stewardship, I’ve always believed that you can’t protect what you do not love.
Several attempts were made to drain and develop the Everglades in the 1880s. The first canals built in the Everglades did little harm to the ecosystem, as they were unable to drain much of it. [ 67 ] Napoleon Bonaparte Broward based the majority of his 1904 campaign for governor on how drainage would create "The Empire of the Everglades". [ 68 ]