Environmental Issue in Florida Florida, Research Paper

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Wildlife which does not have natural predators in Florida was introduced by people who had bought those animals or reptiles and could not control them, or had to leave the state, and therefore abandoned them in the Everglades. The best example is the one of a Burmese python which was let go in the Everglades and had attached an alligator. Both animals did not survive the encounter, yet it shows that human are the main threat to the environment.

To summarize the environmental issues in Florida, we can say that the main issue is the development and encroachment into the Everglades. The lush mangrove and saw grass marshes of South Florida are the last of a great wilderness that, until the 20th century, stretched for hundreds of miles. Our Everglades refuge countless species, including endangered Florida panthers, Cape Sable seaside sparrows and American crocodiles. Many years of encroaching development have disrupted natural water flows, harmed wildlife with pollution run-off and destroyed more than half of the Everglades' unique, species-rich wetlands (NAI2).

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Why at this day and age are we, as human, not capable to see what we destroying? Why do we have to be driven by enormous profit thinking, while slowly but surely destroying the same environment we are so depending on? These are valid questions and no easy answer can be found to answer them. Yet we need to slow down and protect the Everglades. There are currently many programs introduced by the Florida Government and also the Federal Government, it needs to be seen if these programs have the effect and if we can make the changes needed to protect the Everglades. Let's be Florida, the sunshine state, and vacation destination for millions of tourists, who like to enjoy the uniqueness and diversity of the Florida wetlands.

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