Changes In The Florida Everglades
The Florida Everglades has given about 7 million Floridians water for many years. This subtropical area has been home to many living creatures, some that don’t even exist anymore. However the Florida Everglades is a very delicate place. Some causes for extreme changes in the Everglades are Humans and their construction, not enough money for changes, and that the smallest things can change and negatively affect the water. To begin with, human population, construction, and more has brought a lot of changes to the water supply of the park. According to “Past and Present: The Florida Everglades” by Tobey Haskell, people have wanted to change and drain the everglades since around the late eighteen hundreds. For example in this text
it states “when settlers from outside of Florida came to the Everglades, they considered it useless swamp land. They the idea of draining the Everglades.” This quote means that a lot of people see and have seen in the past, the Everglades as just an ordinary swamp land. Over the years, not only the population has increased in the Everglades, the amount of construction has too. Also from “Past and Present: the Florida Everglades” wildlife and amount of species of wildlife has decreased due to the construction and increase in human population. Secondly, to fix the Everglades to make them as healthy and in good shape as they used to be, the cost would be extremely high and hard to pay for. In an article called “Water Quality Nearly Halts Everglades restoration” by Robin Martelli, it states that to restore the Everglades“ the projected cost for the project is about $1 Billion” this means that the cost to restore the everglades after all the damage by humans would be very expensive. Finally, a lot of things that may seem like small issues, have big effects on the everglades. To illustrate this, some hazardous chemicals like phosphorus & murcury have contaminated the water making it undrinkable according to “Can we fix the water supply” By Caleb Hughes. In this article it also states “When a fragile ecosystem like the Everglades undergoes even a small change… the repercussions can be huge”. This quote means that the tiniest things like too much rainfall or rainfall at unexpected times can change the Everglades. In conclusion, The Everglades is a very fragile and delicate place that can be effected by everything and anything. Some things that have changed the water supply at The Everglades park is humans and construction, not having the amount of money needed for fixing things in The Everglades, and that small problems could have larger and more negative effects. Everyone hopes that the Everglades will soon be great & in shape again.
it states “when settlers from outside of Florida came to the Everglades, they considered it useless swamp land. They the idea of draining the Everglades.” This quote means that a lot of people see and have seen in the past, the Everglades as just an ordinary swamp land. Over the years, not only the population has increased in the Everglades, the amount of construction has too. Also from “Past and Present: the Florida Everglades” wildlife and amount of species of wildlife has decreased due to the construction and increase in human population. Secondly, to fix the Everglades to make them as healthy and in good shape as they used to be, the cost would be extremely high and hard to pay for. In an article called “Water Quality Nearly Halts Everglades restoration” by Robin Martelli, it states that to restore the Everglades“ the projected cost for the project is about $1 Billion” this means that the cost to restore the everglades after all the damage by humans would be very expensive. Finally, a lot of things that may seem like small issues, have big effects on the everglades. To illustrate this, some hazardous chemicals like phosphorus & murcury have contaminated the water making it undrinkable according to “Can we fix the water supply” By Caleb Hughes. In this article it also states “When a fragile ecosystem like the Everglades undergoes even a small change… the repercussions can be huge”. This quote means that the tiniest things like too much rainfall or rainfall at unexpected times can change the Everglades. In conclusion, The Everglades is a very fragile and delicate place that can be effected by everything and anything. Some things that have changed the water supply at The Everglades park is humans and construction, not having the amount of money needed for fixing things in The Everglades, and that small problems could have larger and more negative effects. Everyone hopes that the Everglades will soon be great & in shape again.