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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 restored swamp section in Bowling Green, Ohio.. During the second half of the 20th century, efforts were undertaken to preserve and restore portions of the swamp to its pre-settlement state (e.g. Limberlost Swamp) [11] After the excessive spread of harmful algal blooms in nearby western Lake Erie returned in 2011 and every year since then, there has been renewed interest in restoring ...
Not quite all of the 145,188-acre (587.55 km 2) refuge is Everglades marsh habitat. A 400-acre (1.6 km 2) bald cypress swamp is the largest remaining remnant of a cypress strand that once separated the pine flatwoods in the east from the Everglades marshes. A boardwalk into the swamp gives the visitor a chance for an up-close swamp experience ...
For many people, visiting the Everglades means staring out the car window at seemingly endless sawgrass marsh in between stops to ride an airboat packed with tourists, stroll a boardwalk or swat ...
Protected areas in the U.S. State of Ohio include national forest lands, Army Corps of Engineers areas, state parks, state forests, state nature preserves, state wildlife management areas, and other areas.
Everglades National Park spans more than 1.5 million acres of South Florida. Visitors may enter from Miami, Homestead or Everglades City, near Naples, by land, and should note that the park’s ...
Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve: 152.28: Portage William C. McCoy State Nature Preserve: 193.65: Ashtabula McCracken Fen State Nature Preserve: 93.62: Logan Mentor Marsh Nature Preserve: 672.85: Lake Milford Center Railroad Prairie: 9.4: Union Eugene & Henrietta Miller Nature Sanctuary: 86.02: Highland Morris Woods State Nature Preserve ...
The Florida Everglades represent the largest contiguous freshwater marsh in the entire world. [25] This immense marsh covers 4,200 square miles (11,000 km 2) and is located in the southern tip of Florida. The Everglades is home to animals such as the American Alligator, the Apple Snail and the Everglade Snail Kite. [7]