Everglades National Park is one of the unique and most treasured landscape places in the world. The park has its distant kind of network of natural resources that allows it to be the most extensive subtropical land in the United States of America. It is essential to admit here that the park is famous for its wide range of birds and animals.
The Everglades National park has unique saw grass marshes, prairies, and forested uplands, freshwater ponds that contribute to supporting the wildlife communities and prosperous plantation of the park. The park has contributed to shaping the culture, natural heritage, and economy of Florida and of the nation as well. One of the most special features of the park is that it is a home for thousands of endangered, rare, and threatened species like snail kite, wood stork, Florida panther, and American crocodile, and the list is ever ending for that matter.
The major issues with the ecosystem of the Everglades National Park are water quantity and water quality. With the rapid increase in the development around the coasts and agriculture activities, the demand for water for humans has increased exponentially. This problem has to lead to less water for the everglades and destruction of the ecosystem of the park. The water structures that were built during the first half of the 20th century disturbed the natural flow from Lake Okeechobee to the Florida Bay.
It is high time now that the condition of the everglades should improve. This is because the everglades help in guarding the western area of the place during an activated hurricane. It helps in absorbing the storm and the heavy rains that might come with the hurricanes that generally blow from the Gulf of Mexico. After saving the region from the storm and it’s after effects, the everglades help in fulfilling the underground supplies of water that people have in the tap for the purpose of drinking.
The need of the hour is to start working on the restoration plan for the everglades so as to accommodate the speedy sea level rise, which is now alarming due to the atmospheric warming conditions. The restoration plan can include the creation of huge reservoirs and building of other water storage options so that the underlying problem statement of the everglades national park can be resolved in a short period of time. Above all, the restoration plans should be improved and enhanced as quickly as possible due to the fact that many rare and endangered species rely on the ecosystem of the park.
It is not only on the shoulders of the government and officials that look after the everglades national park to save its ecosystem and surroundings. But it becomes the duty of the citizens as well to contribute in the restoration process so that the generations that are yet to come can witness the beauty of everglades. If you love this place as much as I do, I encourage you to send letters and emails to our local and state politicians. I encourage you to visit the National park, bring guests, pay the park entrance dues and share the amazing pics on your social media. It shocks me that so many people that live in south Florida have never even been to the everglades national park.
And if you love to fish like I do, then hire a skilled local Everglades Fishing Guide to take you out and have an amazing day on the water.