The Everglades National Park, unlike other National Parks, was created to protect a fragile ecosystem instead of safeguarding a unique geographical feature. The Everglades are wetlands created by a slow-moving river originating in Lake Okeechobee fed by the Kissimmee River. Although humans have lived in the Everglades for years, not until 1882 was the region drained for agricultural or residential use. It wasn't until 1934 that the park was established to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades from the canal-building projects that diverted the waters from this area. As one can see from the picture of the Sawgrass Prairie it appears that not all has been done that can be done to protect this area.
You lucked out with the dryness.....you could've been eaten by the skeeters.
ReplyDeleteThe dryness of the everglades right now is most likely the result of the drought like conditions this area has had the last couple years. But, one good hurricane should solve that.
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