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Greater Everglades ecosystem – Guest Column: Stop the harm – fund it now!

What’s going on with our water ? A wet spring and very wet early summer have delivered more rain than the greater Everglades ecosystem – that stretches from Orlando to Florida Bay, Fort Myers to Stuart – can hold. Drainage and flood control projects created in the 1940s were designed to drain water off the land to accommodate growth and development in South Florida.  During this very wet rainy season,,,, [email protected] 10:51