Islamorada, FL. – Everglads simply affect the land between the east and west coast of Florida, with waterlogging, fan boats and alligators and recovery.
Florida Bay, a body of water located in the southern end of the mainland Florida and Florida keys, produces about a third of the Everglads National Park.
During the dry period, high salt levels can cause severe consequences for plants and animals living in the region, although experts are hopeful that this year’s initial rainy season will prevent a huge sea grass from dying like experiences in the past.
Steve Davis, Chief Science Officer of the Evergalads Foundation, called Florida Beke Everglade’s fascination, which is actually a giant, slow -moving river running around Orlando and the southern end of the Florida Peninsula.
Davis said, “In the wet years that what was meant for the Gulf of Florida, there is enough water to enter the bay to keep the salinity within the best salinity boundary,” Davis said. “But when we go on average to dry year or drought year, it means that the salinity level in the bay will become so high that it can be harmful to the health of the sea and the health of other species that depend on that residence.”
Florida Bay does not have a particularly strong tide, which means water can sit in the bay for a year. Davis explained that when sea water evaporation was not replaced by water, the salinity levels of the bay could double the salinity of the common sea, explained Davis.
“And it is only when we face some problems with the health of the houses in the bay,” he said.
The last major sea Grass Die-up of the last major sea took place in the 21st. Javier Figuardo, captain of the Bay and Reef Company, said he was working in the region when about 5 acres (1,000,5 hectares) were hit.
“You can’t see the water. Everything you see is floating on the dead grass,” said Figuaredeo. “And it is like sulfur, like rotten eggs. The die-offs continued with the ecosystem more affected, the fish were affected.”
Even though Florida has more than 5% of drought situations, Davis said he was not especially concerned about the death of other sea-houses. Salt layers in the bay are already relatively low this year than 2015.
Davis said that it was at least partially thanks to a huge project that was updated by more than 3.5 miles (5.6 km) of Tamimi Trail, a road constructed in 1928, which was running from Miami to Naples to Naples.
This route was largely a huge dam to prevent flowing in the south, but the two long bridges completed in 20 and 20 blocked the so -called grass of grass instead of roadweight.
“A few months of flow across the Tamimi trail have helped moderate salinity across the Tamimi trail,” Davis said.
Davis said that Florida Bay’s other significant benefits were compared to the delayed wet season, the preliminary wet season forecast, Davis said.
The Tamimi Trail has already been made significant facilities for the Gulf of Evergels and Florida, scientists are calculating a huge recovery project to solve decades -old water problems across Florida, Everglads Everglads Agricultural area reservoir.
The $ 1.5 billion project will build a reservoir and wetland to conserve and clean contaminated water from Lake Okchobi, Central Florida before the discharge in the South Everglade. It should reduce the amount of contaminated water on the east and west coast of Florida.
Davis Evergalads has called Agricultural Area reservoir a “Game Changer for Recovery of Sweet Water Flow”.
“What we see right now is plumbing, infrastructure that helps to get all the water in the park,” he said. “But once we are able to flow to this large amount of water in the south we are going to see the system-dilapidated improvement in all the ways in the Bay of Florida.”
Paul Hindsle, chief economist of the Everglade Foundation, says the recovery of Evergrades is not only in Florida’s environmental future, but also in its economic future.
“For every dollar in the recovery investment, we are getting $ 4 in economic benefits,” said Hindsle.
Hindsle said that economic benefits include association with residential and industrial water supply, reduce extreme events like fire and reduce the risk of flooding from heavy rainfall.
Everglads provide more than $ 5 billion a year to reduce the risk for expenses related to national flood insurance programs. Meanwhile, southern Florida mangroves and reefs play an important role in reducing the severity of the storm.
“Protecting the environment is protecting the resources of Floridians,” said Hindsle.
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