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Save the Everglades

"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." -Bill Vaughan

Can Florida's Everglades be saved? The future looks a bit uncertain. Pending tax cuts and a significant reduction in state revenues have officials rethinking building projects that would further encroach on the wildlife habitat and spacial extent of the Everglades.

Stories

10 Stories

  • November 2008

    • Buyout Bid Threatens Everglades Protection Plan

      St. Petersburg Times  |  Nov 21, 08 12:36 PM CST

      Buyout Bid Threatens Everglades Protection Plan

      (Newser) - A possible new bid has thrown a wrench into the state of Florida's plan to buy most of US Sugar's land for $1.34 billion and use it to help restore the Everglades, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Lawrence Group, which has tried twice before to buy US Sugar, says it plans to offer a "far superior" deal for $300 a share, but the bid is not yet official. More »

  • July 2008

    • Big Sugar's Exit Gives Hope to Everglades

      Yale Environment 360  |  Jul 9, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      Big Sugar's Exit Gives Hope to Everglades

      (Newser) - Everglades restoration may finally be a reality, writes Michael Grunwald in Yale Environment 360 during his “vacation from defeatism.” Florida's tentative $1.75 billion land deal with US Sugar would halt sugar production (and pollution) on nearly 300 square miles, and have an ecological ripple-effect that extends beyond saving the Florida Panther or sparing nature from suburban development. More »

  • June 2008

    • Florida Buys Sugar Land to Save Everglades

      St. Petersburg Times (Russia)  |  Jun 24, 08 5:20 PM CDT

      Florida Buys Sugar Land to Save Everglades

      (Newser) - Florida plans to buy 187,000 acres of land from the nation's biggest sugar company in what both state officials and environmentalists are hailing as a landmark deal to save the Everglades, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Under the deal, which may not be finalized until November, Florida will pay $1.75 billion to acquire the land from US Sugar Corp. in six years. More »

  • May 2008

    • Everglades Wildfire Claims 33,000 Acres

      CNN  |  May 19, 08 2:43 AM CDT

      Everglades Wildfire Claims 33,000 Acres

      (Newser) - Nearly 33,000 acres of Florida's Everglades National Park were burning yesterday with only 20% of the blaze contained, CNN reports. A dense smoke warning was in effect in parts of southern Florida as flames threatened an endangered sparrow species and private property. The fire is the latest in a series of wildfires sweeping Florida, including one near Daytona Beach that has spread over 12,000 acres. More »

  • January 2008

    • Building Costs Pinch Budgets

      New York Times  |  Jan 26, 08 12:43 PM CST

      Building Costs Pinch Budgets

      (Newser) - Rising interest rates, falling tax revenues, and construction costs that have skyrocketed are causing local and state governments to rethink projects as diverse as building new schools, repairing bridges, and roads, even constructing new levees in the Everglades, reports the New York Times. Experts say fast-growing global economies are also competing for building materials, inflating prices further. More »

    • Everglades Restoration Gains Urgency as Climate Warms

      Environment News Service  |  Jan 14, 08

      CAPTIVA ISLAND, Florida, January 14, 2008 (ENS) - Global warming means restoration of the Everglades is more important than ever, a University of Miami expert in coastal marine environments told hundreds of conservationists, scientists and state and federal leaders at the Everglades Coalition's annual conference on the weekend.

    • State Leaders Working to Save Everglades

      NBC  |  Jan 11, 08

      Two of the most powerful people in the state were on Captiva fighting to save a Southwest Florida natural resource - the Everglades. The Everglades is Florida's last frontier and it's entering what may be its last fight. Friday night the struggle to save it played out in a Captiva ballroom.

  • November 2007

    • Congress Overrides Bush Veto

      Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 12:15 PM CST

      Congress Overrides Bush Veto

      (Newser) - President Bush was handed the first veto override of his two terms today as the Senate voted 79-14 to pass a $23-billion water-resources bill over his objections that it constituted "irresponsible spending." Thirty-four Republicans defied the president to vote for the bill; the House had voted 361-54 in favor two days ago. More »

    • Plan to Save Everglades Sinking

      New York Times  |  Nov 2, 07 10:50 AM CDT

      Plan to Save Everglades Sinking

      (Newser) - An $8 billion effort to reverse generations of destruction of Florida's Everglades is faltering because federal financing has slowed to a trickle. Despite a much-heralded bipartisan agreement in 2000, the 40-year project to save the subtropical marsh is already far behind schedule, and thousands of acres of wildlife habitat continue to be lost to developers and rock miners for the construction industry, reports the Times . More »

    • Effort to Save Everglades Falters as Funds Drop

      New York Times  |  Nov 2, 07

      The rescue of the Florida Everglades, the largest and most expensive environmental restoration project on the planet, is faltering.

10 Stories

A stretch of the Kissimmee River, Fla., is shown Thursday, July 5, 2007. Lake Okeechobee, the heart of the Everglades and a backup drinking water source for millions, hits a new record low almost weekly....   (Associated Press)
A great egret sits on top of a dead tree in the Florida Everglades, near South Bay, Fla., in this Jan. 14, 2005 file photo, as a thunderstorm moves across the area. Florida's Everglades National Park...   (Associated Press)
A flock of white pelicans is seen in this April 4, 2006 file photo, in a holding area in the Florida Everglades where the water is cleaned and pumped into South Florida's water conservation area. (AP...   (Associated Press)
President Bush, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)   (Associated Press)
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., is one of the Republicans who defied the president to override his veto of the water resources bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)   (Associated Press)
State and local governments in many parts of the country are struggling to pay for roads, bridges and other building projects because of rising construction costs.   (Getty Images)
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Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. The area boasts rare and endangered species, such as the American crocodile, Florida panther, and West Indian manatee.

» Read more about Everglades National Park at National Park Service

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