A lake along Loop Road, near Everglades National Park’s Loop Road Education Center, is home to many animals and aquatic plants. It’s a part of the park with wilderness designation protecting against much human activity, and near Big Cypress National Preserve, where legislation is proposed in Congress to prevent wilderness designation and maintain more human access. Photos by Kelly J. Farrell
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State, feds reach Everglades restoration agreement
“This is the largest restoration effort in America, maybe even in the world.”
Florida and the U.S. Department of the Army have reached a landmark agreement that allows the state to take the lead on key parts of the federally funded Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, including the “crown jewel” of Everglades restoration: the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir. “This is the largest restoration effort in America, maybe even in the world,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said July 18 at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort. “… A long-awaited project, first envisioned and authorized decades ago, is finally becoming a reality. The EAA Reservoir is not only fully funded and under construction, it is moving forward faster than expected, thanks to new state and federal cooperation.”
