Abstract
This paper presents an environmental overview of Florida's Everglades, describing its importance to the ecosystem of the region. First, the paper focuses on the Everglades being a water-based resource, highlighting the impact of its water on agriculture, animal and plant life in the area. Then the paper shows how the Everglades have impacted the crops used by farmers in South Florida and how today that is shifting. Additionally, the paper looks at how other industries benefit from the Everglades water, as does the general population of the area. The paper concludes by emphasizing the value of the Everglades for basic water needs, tourism and the fishing industry in Florida Bay.

From the Paper
"As a river, the Florida Everglades is a water-based resource. The existence of the Everglades is solely based on the river. In past, human intervention has resulted in sections of the Everglades drying, which led to rapid soil decomposition. Thus, the value of Everglades land was essentially nil. Therefore water is not only the primary resource in the Everglades, it is the one resource without which the Everglades would not exist. There have been times when other resources were harvested from the Everglades, namely bird plumes and alligators skins, but this type of hunting activity was unsustainable and has long since been curtailed."

Tags:farming, water resources, industry, natural resources, South Florida

Abstract
This paper discusses the geology of the Everglades and the development of the topography of the area. It describes how the Everglades in Florida is a major ecosystem and discusses the ways in which it provides benefits to all of the Southeast United States. It also discusses the geographic stability of the area, as well as the influences on the geology of the Everglades.

From the Paper
"During this process, sediments from the Appalachian and other inland highlands came east and southward in streams to be deposited on the faulted continental margin, a process that buried the margin under a wedge thousands of feet thick made up of layered sedimentary and volcanic debris. Most Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rock layers are today found beneath much of the coastal plain, and the fringing continental shelf is nearly horizontal or tilts gently toward the sea ("Atlantic Plain Province" paras. 7-8)."

Tags:topography, basin, glaciers, bedrock

Abstract
This paper provides a brief insight into the Everglades, a unique ecosystem that enables people to live and do business in South Florida. It is the source of drinking water for the area's five million people and sustains a productive agricultural industry. It describes how water management is one of the most severe environmental issues facing the Everglades today due to population growth in the area and how drainage projects and development have negatively influenced the systems water quality and biodiversity. It discusses the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan that has been created as a solution to the problem of water with a complex network of reservoirs, treatment areas and recovery wells.

From the Paper
"The first water management activities of humans were designed to drain the Everglades and exploit the natural resources of rich soils and tropical climate for agricultural development. Years later, the canal system was improved for navigational use to move products to coastal markets. Humans created canals, pump stations, and structures to provide water supply to coastal areas, and flood protection for agricultural development. Over the years, management priorities of this system have evolved, with an emphasis on flood control during hurricane years, water supply during droughts and, more recently, environmental protection of Everglades' natural resources."

Tags:ecosystem, agricultural, industry, environmental, issues, drainage, reservoirs

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The paper explains the Everglades' environmental challenges of a decreasing size and a reduced animal, bird and plant population. The paper maintains that special interests, such as the sugar industry, need to look toward the future and not merely at today's profits. The paper further asserts that people have to stand up and fight to restore the Everglades to their former glory.

From the Paper
"The Everglades, or the "River of Grass," as it is known, has a long history in southern Florida. Scientists believe it was formed at least 6,000 years ago, when the Atlantic Ocean's elevation changed and flooded some low-lying territory in what is now Florida. The fresh and saltwater marshes and swamps that resulted are fed both by rainwater and by streams and rivers in the entire area. Sub-tropical plants began to populate the area, such as mangroves, willows, bald cypress, and many others. Eventually, a huge area of sawgrass formed, creating the "river of grass" as the Everglades have come to be called. Today, that river is 60 miles wide and 300 miles long, creating a habitat for hundreds of unique wildlife, from birds to crustaceans and even coral reefs (Editors, 2002). Unfortunately, the immense area of the Everglades has shrunk by millions of acres due to "reclamation" efforts in the nineteenth century that led to draining large areas to reclaim them for farmland and building development."

Tags:wetlands, sugar, industry, species, land, chemicals, fertilizers

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This paper examines the impact of development on the Florida Everglades. Both agricultural development--sugar cane production--and residential and recreational development are both having profoundly negative effects on the Everglades. The sources of this development pressure and ways to address it are considered.

Abstract
The paper briefly examines government initiation of the project, then reviews the causes of change in the Everglades National Park since its creation in 1947. The paper lists numerous examples of environmental damage done before returning to an examination of the political and economic forces arrayed both before and against the project. The paper itemizes six individual work projects incorporated into the overall restoration project, including their estimated costs. In conclusion, the paper argues that there is no justification to opposing the project because it merely reverses damage clearly done by man over the last half century.

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"There is no doubt that a good deal of the decline and worse are man's fault. A water control systems of canal and levees and even locks prevent water from flowing, as nature had intended, sometimes shutting off a water supply ample enough for a population like the wood stork. Even the rainfall is now sometimes shunted away from the Everglades. And, one must remember that the Everglades national park comprises only about one-fifth of the total Everglades area. Man is also responsible for pollutants, as a result of agricultural chemicals and other chemicals as the result of human expansion into the once-pristine area. High levels of mercury, for example, are now found up and down the so-called food chain, from fish in the marsh through raccoons and alligators. Among the disappearing species, wildlife conservationists point to the Florida panther, a species now so endangered that there may be less than 30 left in the entire state of Florida."

Tags:florida, watershed, water, quality, overbuilding

Abstract
"The Florida Everglades National Park is the second largest national park in the lower 48 states, and the largest freshwater marshland in the world (10). It is home to more than 600 kinds of animals, and 900 plant species that dwell in a variety of habitats, including mangrove forests, a dry pineland ridge, shallow sloughs that carry fresh water through the park, and several types of tree islands (13:12).

From the Paper
"The Florida Everglades National Park is the second largest national park in the lower 48 states, and the largest freshwater marshland in the world (10). It is home to more than 600 kinds of animals, and 900 plant species that dwell in a variety of habitats, including mangrove forests, a dry pineland ridge, shallow sloughs that carry fresh water through the park, and several types of tree islands (13:12). While hunting in the park has all but ceased because of the efforts of the park rangers, the park and its residents are now in danger from the effects of pollution from nearby vegetable farms, sugarcane plantations and real estate development. This paper will look at factors contributing to the pollution of the everglades and what is being done to combat the problem and restore the park to its original state."

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This paper provides a discussion of environment ethics related to the Florida Everglades. The analysis provides the different ethical positions related to the environment of various interests, including businesses, commercial developers, the tourism industry, environmental groups and the government.

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"Environmental ethics considers the ethical relationship between human beings and the natural environment. The million acres known as the Florida Wetlands or River of Grass is part of the million acres of interconnected wetlands spanning from southern Orange County to Florida Bay. Because of rapid industrialization over the past two hundred years, the Florida Everglades has become threatened by disruption of the natural ecological balance. A variety of different interests impact the ecological balance of the Everglades, whether businesses tourism, environmental groups or government..."

Tags:wetlands, river of grass, pollution, utilitarianism, sustainable development, ecology, ecosystems, wildlife

Abstract
The author of this paper reviews environmental themes from the following five books: "Dust Bowl" by Donald Worster, "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, "Everglades: River of Grass" by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, "Killing Mr. Watson" by Peter Matthiessen, and "River of Lakes" by Bill Belleville. This paper discusses the role that culture has played in environmental issues during the past century.

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"Douglas begins her book by describing poetically the area she was so devoted to for over fifty years. "There are no other Everglades in the world, they are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth, remote, never wholly known"(Douglas, 5). She speaks of the enormous horizon, the sweetness of the winds, and the miracle of the light as it pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and water. She also details the origin of its name, pointing to the oldest English origin of the word "glade"which comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "glaed" meaning "shining" or "bright" (Douglas, 1997)."

Tags:buffalo, hunting, ecosystem, climate, Dust, Bowl, Donald, Worster, Grapes, Wrath, John, Steinbeck, Everglades, River, of, Grass, Marjory, Stoneman, Douglas, "Killing, Mr., Watson, Peter, Matthiessen, River, Lakes, Bill, Belleville

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This paper gives an in-depth analysis of the 1941 film, "Citizen Kane," specifically looking at the "Everglades Picnic" scene of the movie. Various aspects of the film are used as a basis for the analysis, such as mise-en-scene, cinematography , editing and sound. demonstrating that the film is a characteristic and skilled early example of the dramatic genre. The paper describes the "Everglades Picnic" scene as a contrast between the characters' lives and their distance from the outside world, a theme which feeds into the overall sense of loneliness and isolation found throughout the film. The paper concludes by stating that Kane, the protagonist, was far separated from his desires, i.e. to be an honest and simple man, clinging to his childhood memories.

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"The moving cinematography in the scene expresses to the viewer Kane's destructive inability to share with those around him his desires, hopes and wishes to return to a simpler existence. He wants to express the desire to picnic, like anyone else would, yet is again trapped in a lavish setting characterized by his extreme and resented wealth and loneliness. (Cohan & Shires, 1988, p. 83) Like the remainder of the work, as his attempt at the newspaper business is frequently corrupted by his wealth, despite good intentions. The scene "Everglades Picnic" begins when Kane walks into a large room in the cold unfinished mansion, known as Xanadu, where Susan sits day after day in front of a huge palace fireplace putting together hundreds of jigsaw puzzles."

Tags:film theory, cinematography, sound, editing, Rosebud