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Everglades Trotter 2013

Trotter 2013. Its about 1.5 million acres Largest subtropical wilderness is the continental US The name came from how the grasses originally turned

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 Freelance author who worked for The Miami Herald  1947: Published River of Grass  She died in 1998, at the age of 108.  Everglades Crusader

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Page 1: Trotter 2013.  Its about 1.5 million acres  Largest subtropical wilderness is the continental US  The name came from how the grasses originally turned

Everglades Trotter 2013

Page 2: Trotter 2013.  Its about 1.5 million acres  Largest subtropical wilderness is the continental US  The name came from how the grasses originally turned

Its about 1.5 million acres

Largest subtropical wilderness is the continental US

The name came from how the grasses originally turned into a river of grass.

What are the Everglades?

Page 3: Trotter 2013.  Its about 1.5 million acres  Largest subtropical wilderness is the continental US  The name came from how the grasses originally turned

Freelance author who worked for The Miami Herald

1947: Published River of Grass

She died in 1998, at the age of 108.

Everglades Crusader

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

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Park was established in 1947. 1.5 million acres were set aside. Not all the land was meant for reclamation,

part of the deal was to drain some for agriculture

The Army Core of Engineers were responsible for constructing the canals in South Miami to drain the Everglades.

Everglades National Park

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The Everglades are not flat! There are many clines, which yield many

ecosystems. rivers, lakes, open ponds, sawgrass

marshes, small tree islands (of bald cypresses, willows, and slash pines), large hardwood hammocks, sloughs, and mangrove swamps.

These various ecosystems make for many types of flora and fauna!

Topography

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Seasons

Wet ( Summer) Dry ( Winter)

Lots of insects High water levels More brilliant flora Many wading birds Higher level of waters

could hurt populations.

Less water, less food source for wading birds

Dry parts Cold fronts can

dramatically affect the ecosystem.

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Human Impacts

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Major Flora and Fauna

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Less than 3,000 left in Florida

Primarily found in the springs

About 1 year of gestation

Life span: 50-60 years

Florida Manatee

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In order to save animals, we have to know how many there are out there.

Have you ever thought about how this is done?

There are several different methods:◦ Sampling◦ Mark/recapture

◦ THIS IS THE BASIS FOR ALL WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY!

Population Density