...Everglades National Park is located in Florida. This National Park was established December 6, 1947. The Everglades is a National Park that protects 20% of the original Everglades. This park has many issues such as pythons eating the park and also water quality. The Everglades National park is losing some of its most beautiful animals to air pollution and lobbying from tourists. Everglades National Park is located in Florida. This National Park was established December 6, 1947. The Everglades is a National Park that protects 20% of the original Everglades. This park has many issues such as pythons eating the park and also water quality. The Everglades National park is losing some of its most beautiful animals to air pollution and lobbying from tourists. Everglades National Park is located in Florida. This National Park was established December 6, 1947. The Everglades is a National Park that protects 20% of the original Everglades. This park has many issues such as pythons eating the park and also water quality. The Everglades National park is losing some of its most beautiful animals to air pollution and lobbying from tourists Everglades National Park is located in Florida. This National Park was established December 6, 1947. The Everglades is a National Park that protects 20% of the original Everglades. This park has many issues such as pythons eating the park and also water quality. The Everglades National park is losing some of its most beautiful animals to air pollution and...
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...The Florida Everglades is one of the largest natural wetlands in the world. Spanning over 1.5 million acres in Southern Florida, the Everglades is home to a thriving, yet fragile ecosystem of endangered species and native plants. Originally covering over 3 million acres, the area of the Everglades reduced drastically after settlers arrived in Southern Florida in the early 1900s. In order to sustain themselves, the settlers drained a large supply of water in the wetlands to build houses and plant crops. In addition, they built channels to maintain a constant supply of water for themselves and to shield themselves from frequent deadly floods. Unfortunately, significant amounts of water are extracted every year as residents of Florida have become dependent on the water available in the Everglades. In 1947, the government divided the Everglades in effort to preserve the remaining habitat, house a system of canals, dams, and dikes to control flooding, and to provide viable agricultural area to grow sugar cane. As a result, many species and plants native to the region were negatively impacted due to degradation of their habitat. On the other hand, there is hope to resolve this issue with the help of the Comprehensive...
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...2013 – The Everglades Flood Control and Restoration: A Century of Disaster OUTLINE ABSTRACT ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Before drainage of the Everglades began over a century ago, the wetlands of southern Florida were an interconnected hydrological assortment of lavish freshwater lakes and streams, cypress swamps, secluded estuarine lagoons, freshwater sloughs, tree islands, wet prairies, and mangrove swamps spanning 3.6 million hectares. After a century of intrusion, the daunting task of understanding, fixing, maintaining, and regaining a sustainable, natural Everglades-type ecosystem in South Florida is monumental. The area south of Lake Okeechobee now has a human population of over four million people, with greedy agricultural and urban demands for more water and more space. Therefore, several uphill battles have ensued. The conceptual plans for restoring this ecosystem, currently on record, are all extremely expensive to implement. A more thorough definition of the environmental and societal objectives and measures of success are required. How the ecosystem will respond to the return of a more natural hydrological pattern is uncertain, but needs to be addressed as the expected and desired outcome through measures of performance. The critical level of deterioration of the Everglades has created a crisis-management atmosphere instead of a full spectrum response and future prevention methodology. The political and social aspects of the Everglades restoration...
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...The Ecological Threats to Southern Florida Michael J. Shearouse University of Phoenix/ Env 310 Mark Kehoe Imagine diving along the Florida Keys and not seeing the pristine coral reefs with thousands of fish forming a kaleidoscope of colors surrounding the reef. Then going about 150 miles northwest and just finding a monument telling the story of once,” great river of slow moving grass,” which used to flow in this semi-arid condominium filled part of Florida. These are not just part of concerned citizens and groups conservation active imagination these are ecological problems two of the greatest ecosystems in the world are facing today. Unless the United States and the State of Florida take steps to conserve coral reefs in the Florida Keys and restore the Florida Everglades today this is the reality of future generations. Coral Reefs Threats to coral reef are many, and the solution must be cohesive not scattered when addressing these threats. Implementing a cohesive ecosystem-based management approach is the key protecting the coral reefs from these threats. Ensuring a holistic and combined approach will support a healthy, living, resilient, coral reef. The methods used the Pacific Island coral reefs to preserve their ecosystems might not be the methods needed to meet the needs of the Florida Keys coral reef’s ecosystem. The different approaches necessary to maintain the varying community needs and address the local coral reef ecosystem is called a multidisciplinary approach...
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...draining the Everglades. The water supply effects the park because there is a short supply of water for animals and people, chemicals from fertilizers of the sugarcane are causing the water to be polluted, and the price it costs to fix it is gigantic. To lead off, the Everglades provides water to almost 7 million people in Florida. In the last ten years, the Everglades has fallen into several droughts. Many animals and people depend on the Everglades’ water as their primary supply of water. In the article, “Can We Fix the Water Supply?” its states, “When a fragile ecosystem like the Everglades undergoes even a small change like the Everglades...
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...Gladesmen and alligators Laura A. Ogden’s Swamplife focuses on ethnographic examination of the gladesmen and their relationship with mangroves and alligators in Everglades. Gladesmen are settlers of everglades who are poor and depend on agriculture, hunting, fishing, and selling hides. Ogden’s main concern was how the gladesmen coexisted with the gators and how their relationship was intervened by the law enforcement. According, to Matthew C. Godfrey, Ogden wrote swamp life in order to understand how gladesmen dealt with the gators, and how their experiences became illegal. She used a model, specifically rhizome to discuss the interaction of gladesmen with the environment and non human beings. Likewise, Ogden’s emphasis is on Ashley gangs whose main operations took place in the Everglades. The Ashley gang used the everglades as hid out and as a hunting ground. The everglades landscape was a protection and a shelter for gladesmen who later became outlawed by The Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission that regulated hunting and people in the region transformed hunters to poachers. Emerge of the law was a constraint to hunters and their businesses. Moreover, the alligators turned into commodities to such an extent that it attracted other people to join the business due to high return. What made out of alligator hide were shopping bags, belts, shoes and so on. While there was a high demand for alligators, the law did little to prevent hunting. Besides, Criminalization of...
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...Ecosystem Population and Pollution Rachael BIO/101 September 10, 2013 Ecosystem Population and Pollution Although much of the Everglades is a protected national park, this has not been always the case. Hazards caused by humans in the Everglades are historical as well as an ongoing issue for its varied and fragile ecosystem. Several of the hazards that affect the stability of the Everglades’ ecosystem are environmental pollution, extracted resources, habitat loss and destruction, and the biomagnification of toxins. Because the Everglades is predominantly a marsh, these wetlands are an enormous resource of fresh water. For nearly 200 years, humans have been extracting fresh water from the Everglades for consumption and agriculture. The irrigation of commodities such as oranges and sugar cane can account for pollutants. Habitat destruction and loss can be attributed to the introduction of non-native species as well as the agricultural practices of humans. In addition, biomangnification increases the prevalence of toxins throughout the food chain that can affect the stability of the Everglades’ ecosystem. Fresh water is the foremost extracted resource from the Everglades. South Florida’s human population growth is putting pressure on the Everglades to serve its increasing demands for fresh water. Building dams and digging canals for agriculture and homes are a hazard to the stability of the ecosystem. A great deal canals have been built, so the natural flow of water is...
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...Sugar Production and the destruction of our Waters. Natural resources surround the state of Florida; water resources are one of them through the state. We have a variety of lakes, natural springs and wetlands, just to mention a few. Lakes and reservoirs are a major water resource in the state. It wasn’t until the 19th century that environmentalists around the country saw the need to create laws and regulations on how to use and protect the environment and better use our natural resources, that’s when the USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) was established. In the State of Florida, the EPA has established laws and regulations that protect our waters; the primary water laws are the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). These laws protect our waters, lake Okeechobee and the everglades. Lake Okeechobee is a freshwater inland lake that provides our state with fresh drinking water, it also provides the necessary water for irrigation, essential for our agricultural lands and our citrus industry, and most importantly, lake Okeechobee is a major source of water for the everglades. Despite many laws and regulations protecting our important sources of water, we have a huge pollution problem affecting lake Okeechobee, and a violation of the clean water act. Florida is the biggest producer of sugar in the United States, and sugar production brings big revenue to the state, the problem is that the sugar industries, are polluting our lakes by “back...
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...The Consequences of Eliminating Rock Mining in South Florida Carlos Socarras Professor – Karen Nead English-135 December 1, 2008 The reason I chose this topic for my research paper is because I feel that it is critical to help educate you a little on the importance of rock mining in South Florida and the consequences that we will endure without this local resource. Throughout this paper you will see me make reference to Titan Americas Pennsuco facility. This is mostly because I am currently employed by them and have been working in the Pennsuco cement plant for over nineteen years now, so I have managed to learn a lot of its history through time and experience. Another reason is the fact that as a fellow employee the ruling to eliminate rock mining in Florida directly affects me mainly because this decision would put me out of a job. I would first like to begin by giving you a brief history of the Pennsuco land and how Titan America acquired the facility, so that you can have a better understanding of the issues that we are currently experiencing. In the early 1900s, Pennsylvania Sugar Co., which is where the term “Pennsuco” came from was one of several companies that obtained large acreages and planted sugar cane on the drained “muck land” of the Florida Everglades. Operations were good until the Great Depression of the 1930s hit the sugar market. Today the Pennsuco cement plant is located on the former Pennsuco sugar Farms property. (Cement Americas, 2005) ...
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...harshly on the earth and consuming and degrading too much of the planet” (p.181). People have destroyed the state’s beautiful Everglades, and obliterated our natural land forms with new developments, and we have done nothing to stop it. Brown (2009) stated “Today we need a realistic view between the economy and the environment.” (p. 17). The relationship between people and the environment in “A Land Remembered” is destruction, exploitation of the land far beyond human needs, and the natural resource being non-existent. People began to develop new technologies that required natural resources, which we eventually abused. People developed new technology without being environmentally conscious and had no sense of awareness. As human beings, we selfishly chose long-term benefits of destroying Mother Nature while our environment suffers the consequences of our careless actions....
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...ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND THE TYRANNY OF SMALL DECISIONS William E. Odum[1] BioScience Vol 32 No.9; Oct 1982; pp:728-729. Economist Alfred E Kahn's premise of "the tyranny of small decisions" is applicable to environmental issues. Examples of so-called "small decision effects" range from loss of prime farmland and acid precipitation to mismanagement of the Florida Everglades. A holistic rather than reductionist perspective is needed to avoid the undesirable, cumulative effects of small decisions (Accepted for publication 2 March 1982). Ideally, society's problems are resolved through a system of nested levels of public decision are made by the individual or by small groups of individuals. Higher decision-making levels range from local and state governments to the higher decision-making levels range from local and state governments to the highest levels of the federal government. Theoretically, the highest levels are composed of experts whose joint decisions provide constraints in the form of "rules" for decisions made at the lower levels. Unfortunately, important decisions are often reached in an entirely different manner. A series of small, apparently independent decisions are made. Often by individuals or small groups of individuals. The end result is that a big decision occurs (post hoc) as an accretion of these small decisions: the central question is never addressed directly at the higher decision-making levels. Usually, this process does not produce...
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...from Tallahassee’s own, Dead Prez, go to show the immutable fact that “global warming” is applicable terminology for our current state of existence. I believe it is beyond our intellectual capacity to examine whether or not the weather is changing, because any rational person could do the research and understand that it is quite apparent. If Dead Prez isn’t credible enough, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal”. The only thing I can conceivable try to persuade people of, is that we are living within system a being ran by incomprehensibly short sighted and perceivably destructive people. This essay will examine the idiocracy of Republican leaders in Florida, the economic manipulation behind environmental destruction, and simple solutions to a simple problem. “I’m not scientist, man”. These are the words of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) He is also quoted saying, “I do not believe that human activity is causing the dramatic changes to our climate the way scientists are portraying it”. I think that’s pretty hysterical, given the fact that this man, who is not a scientist, was appointed a chair on the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard. Any study of the climate since 2000, or carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere go to show how moronic this statement is. How about our governor, Rick Scott? This is a man who has ALSO does not acknowledge this blatant problem, but has...
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...the larger tribe, as described by an 18th-century observer. “Runaway,” reported historian Wiley Thompson, was “applicable to all the Indians in the Territory of Florida as all of them ran away…from the Creek…” (McReynolds 1957, 12). Runaway African-American slaves added to this conglomeration of native peoples, making the Seminoles a truly renegade people in every sense. The Seminoles saw themselves as having waged a long struggle for freedom. “The Indians who constituted the nucleus of (the) Florida group thought of themselves as yat;siminoli or ‘free people…’” (Seminole Tribe of Florida, 2013). The Seminoles spread throughout Florida during the second half of the 18th century. A diverse group, they brought with them a broad range of skills and means of subsistence, including farming, hunting, fishing and a form of animal husbandry. From their North Florida homeland, the tribe expanded south, establishing settlements as far as the Everglades by 1800 (Grunwald 2006, 30). North Florida became a kind of paradise to the Seminoles, a place of abundance and great natural beauty. “Here our navel strings were first cut, and the blood from them sunk into the earth, and made the country dear to us,” (Grunwald 2006, 30). However, the conflict between Florida’s European conquerors would eventually turn North Florida into inhospitable...
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...Symbiosis in biology is described as a relationship between two organisms in an environment and how they interact with each other. There are three forms of symbiosis that occur in the wild: mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism. There are also two forms of competition including interspecific and intraspecific. Mutualism in biology is a form a symbiosis in which both participants of the relationship benefit from one another. In the everglades, examples of two animals that perform in mutualism are the birds that feed off of small bacteria in the alligator’s mouth. The alligator is rid of the parasites within its mouth, and the bird gets a free meal. Another form of mutualism is cleaning stations in the coral reefs. Animals from across the ocean such as manta rays, sharks, turtles, sunfish, or even smaller creatures such as parrotfish arrive at these stations covered in small parasites. The parasites act as a food source for animals such as cleaner fish, who consume the small parasites from the host’s mouth, backside, and stomachs; just about anywhere that they are located. In these relationships the host is rid of otherwise harmful organisms and the cleaner fish get...
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...The Constitution of Florida The state of Florida’s Constitution can be defined as a brilliant structure of essential values for state government that is eternal and broad-spectrum in nature and derives from the people rather than the Governing body. In 1838 the first constitution was written. Every twenty years, the constitution is studied to decide whether or not improvements and adjustments must be made. The Florida law affects every attribute of everyday life, for instance, how and what location we construct our homes, the way we disburse our taxes, our well-being and physical condition, and our power to vote and partake in government. Florida’s Constitution is separated into twelve articles which summarizes context for government and for people’s rights. Article I-Declaration of Rights Some of Florida’s Bill of Rights which deals with political power, basic rights, right to assemble, religious freedom, right to work, military power, right to bear arms, due process, and freedom of speech. Article II-General Provisions This section institutes Florida’s limitations and delegate three branches of government. Article III-Legislature The section brings about a House and a Senate, in which House are voted to serve a term of two years and the senators serve for four. Article IV-Executive This article generates the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, Florida’s unique Cabinet, which incorporates secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller, treasurer...
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