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	Everglades National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
		Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.
		Everglades National Park has released a Preliminary Alternatives Newsletter for public review and comment as part of the General Management Plan/ East Everglades Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP) planning process.
		The Everglades is mild and pleasant from December through April, though rare cold fronts may create near freezing conditions.
	www.nps.gov /ever (432 words)

	Everglades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Florida Everglades is a subtropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties.
		The Everglades extends from Lake Okeechobee on the north to Florida Bay on the south and was once bordered by Big Cypress Swamp on the west and the Atlantic Coastal Ridge on the east.
		The Everglades National park is surrounded by the urban and agricultural areas of Miami, Homestead, and Florida City to its east, the Florida Straits and Florida Keys to its south, the Gulf of Mexico to its west and Big Cypress National Preserve to its north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Everglades (2049 words)

	Florida Everglades
		Everglades National Park is the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the continental United States and has extensive fresh and saltwater areas, open Everglades prairies, and mangrove forests.
		Often, too much water is withheld from the Everglades during the wet season, or too much is diverted into it during the winter drought, disrupting the natural cycles of feeding and nesting which depend on these patterns.
		Florida’s Everglades is a region of broad, slow-moving sheets of water flowing southward over low-lying areas from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.solcomhouse.com /everglades.htm (873 words)

	NRDC: Florida Everglades FAQ
		The Everglades are the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the lower 48 states.
		Everglades wildlife includes a host of species of wading birds (including egrets, the endangered wood stork, spoonbills, and herons);; grassland birds including the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow; alligators; the endangered American crocodile; tropical fish and crustaceans, including the valuable pink shrimp and spiny lobster fisheries; and mammals (including panthers and wild hogs).
		Everglades National Park, including Florida Bay, is seriously threatened by the water management practices of the Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District.
	www.nrdc.org /water/conservation/qever.asp (1084 words)

	Everglades National Park Information Page
		Everglades was the first national park preserved primarily for its abundance and variety of life, rather than for scenic or historic values.
		Everglades National Park is a subtle place where earth, water, and sky blend in a low green landscape; where mere inches of elevation produce distinct changes in vegetation; and where a great wealth of birds and other wildlife find refuge.
		Florida Bay is an 850 square mile (2200 square km) estuary south of the Florida Peninsula.
	www.everglades.national-park.com /info.htm (6737 words)

	The South Florida Everglades Restoration Project
		The Everglades region is a subtropical wetland, the only one of its kind in the U.S. (Boucher) Historically, it covered much of South Florida, comprising over 4,000 square miles stretching from Lake Okeechobee in the north to the Florida Bay at the southern end of the peninsula.
		Florida residents are the most likely to see problems in the current state of the Everglades, and may be active in remedying the local effects.
		Florida is currently enjoying the fourth highest growth rate in the nation, and a large portion of it is concentrated along the lower eastern coast.
	www.ce.utexas.edu /prof/maidment/grad/dugger/GLADES/glades.html (5152 words)

	Florida Everglades Ecosystems Virtual Tour - National Wildlife Federation
		One species, the Florida apple snail, eats sawgrass and is in turn eaten by many birds including the limpkin and the snail kite.
		While much of the Everglades region has an abundant alligator population, the mangroves are one of the few areas that also host the American crocodile.
		Florida Bay, one of the largest bodies of water in the Everglades, contains hundreds of square miles of marine bottom, much of which was covered by seagrass before a massive die-off began in 1987.
	www.nwf.org /everglades/tour.cfm (1316 words)

	Everglades article - Everglades tropical marshland U.S. state Florida Monroe Collier Palm Beach - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		The Florida Everglades is a tropical marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, specifically in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties.
		Florida Governor Jeb Bush has now put the date back to 2016.
		Everglades article - Everglades definition - what means Everglades
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Everglades (1304 words)

	Everglades, Florida -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		Everglades is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about Collier County, Florida) Collier County, Florida.
		Everglades is located at 25°51'32" North, 81°23'5" West (25.858768, -81.384715).
		Out of the total population, 9.5% of those under the age of 18 and 1.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ev/everglades,_florida.htm (441 words)

	Everglades, Florida
		The Florida Everglades is a vast expanse of wet sawgrass prairie that extends from Lake Okeechobee in south-central Florida to the mangroves along the coast of southern Florida.
		Everglades National Park, established in 1947, occupies the downstream portion of the water flow system.
		The climate of the Everglades region is semitropical, as freezing conditions rarely occur--plant hardiness zone 10 (see map).
	academic.emporia.edu /aberjame/wetland/everglade/everglade.htm (597 words)

	SOFIA - Circ 1182 - Excerpt - Florida Everglades
		The Everglades were formed in a limestone basin, which accumulated layers of peat and mud bathed by freshwater flows from Lake Okeechobee.
		In today's Everglades agricultural area, evidence of substantial land subsidence can readily be discerned from the relative elevations of the land surface, the drainage-canal system, and the lake, and from the elevation of older buildings that were built on piles extending to bedrock.
		In what is now the Everglades agricultural area, a delicate balance of 9 to 12 months flood and 0 to 3 months slight (0 to 12 inches) drainage for about 5,000 years, with sawgrass the dominant species, led to a peat accretion rate of about 0.03 inches per year.
	sofia.usgs.gov /publications/circular/1182 (3735 words)

	Florida Everglades - Florida Everglades Sightseeing - Florida Everglades Lodging
		The Florida Everglades are located in the southern portion of Florida, in parts of Monroe, Collier, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties.
		The Florida Everglades extends from Lake Okeechobee on the north to Florida Bay on the south and features the Ten Thousand Islands.
		The area is also home to the Everglades National Park the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S. The Everglades consist of a shallow sheet of fresh water that rolls slowly over the lowlands and through billions of blades of sawgrass, and features rare and endangered species and incredible wilderness sightseeing.
	www.floridafishinglakes.net /florida_everglades_fishing.html (161 words)

	Florida Everglades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		A defeat for the Everglades would mean water management companies could move polluted water wherever they wanted with no thought of the repercussions to the environment.
		A federal judge, alarmed that Florida lawmakers are about to alter a longstanding agreement to clean up the Everglades, on Wednesday summoned state and federal officials to his Miami courtroom for an emergency hearing.
		The 20-year restoration of the Everglades is barely under way and forces that helped turn the River of Grass into one of the world's biggest cesspools are already pressing the state to set weaker restrictions on phosphorous pollution.
	www.whoseflorida.com /everglades.htm (5572 words)

	The Living Everglades \| Everglades Information
		It is the Florida Everglades - home to 68 threatened or endangered species, among them the Florida panther, the American crocodile and the wood stork.
		They called this river, "Everglades," since it stretched as far as one could see.Humans were there, but the impact of their presence was so minimal it was almost non-existent.
		Most of the expansive Everglades is divided into "Water Conservation Areas" that supply water to the lower east coast of southern Florida.
	glades.sfwmd.gov /empact/home/02_everglades/index.shtml (850 words)

	Florida Everglades - SurfSun.com Beach Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		Museum of the Everglades - Conservation and preservation project spearheaded by the Friends of the Museum of the Everglades.
		Everglades City Motel - Clean, spacious rooms & efficiencies in famous Everglades, Florida.
		Everglades Airpark Collier County - Everglades airpark open 365 days, attended 8 a.m.
	www.surfsun.com /fl-everglades-main.htm (256 words)

	National Geographic News @ nationalgeographic.com
		The massive undertaking is aimed at restoring the health of Florida’s "sea of grass," which has been devastated over the past 50 years by attempts to redirect its flow to farms and cities.
		The Everglades region lies like a wide, shallow groove along the center of the south Florida peninsula.
		As the population of south Florida began to boom, the swamps were increasingly seen as impediments to growth, partly because of seasonal flooding.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2000/12/1213_everglades.html (955 words)

	Everglades National Park
		Warmed by the tropical climate of South Florida, the river is a soup of algae that sustains larger life forms such as insects, fish, mollusks, turtles and snakes.
		As a national park close to a large metropolitan area (Miami), the Everglades struggles to survive against strong threats.
		Governor's Commission for the Everglades - A forum for improving decision-making and public participation in Everglades Restoration and South Florida economic and community sustainability.
	www.pennekamp.com /everglad.htm (404 words)

	Everglades, Florida, USA
		Everglades Chamber of Commerce The Everglades Chamber of Commerce asks you to please be sure to get acquainted with Everglades and learn about our community's special projects during your visit to our website.
		Everglades Hotels No matter where you want to stay in Everglades, Florida you are only a click away from 100's of choices to select from.
		Everglades Unclaimed Property Currently, the Florida Department of Financial Services holds more than $800 million in unclaimed property, mostly from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, safe deposit boxes and trust holdings.
	www.floridalink.com /links/city/everglades.html (808 words)

	The Florida Everglades
		The Everglades is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States.
		The Seminole and Miccosukee Indians settled in the Everglades.
		Her book, The Everglades: River of Grass, published in 1947—the year Everglades National Park was established—has become the definitive description of the natural treasure she fought so hard to protect.
	fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/everglades/everglades.htm (736 words)

	Everglades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		Popularly known as "The Journey to Restore America's Everglades," this partnership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Florida Water Management District and many other federal, state, local and tribal partners is working in concert with the state legislation.
		The Living Everglades web site - Provides citizens, scientists, teachers and students access to a vast amount of information and data about the Florida Everglades: water quality, hydrology and weather, nitrogen and phosphorus levels, water levels and flows, and rainfall throughout the Greater Everglades region.
		Everglades Radio Network - As you drive on I-75, tune in to the Everglades Radio Network and learn about the history, heritage, natural beauty and environmental challenges facing the Everglades, and the creatures that live there.
	www.sfwmd.gov /site/index.php?id=17 (623 words)

	The Florida Everglades: History & Restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		You will also be presented with evidence from two interest groups, and you shall have to decide for yourself what issues should or should not be compromised on, as well as which side needs to do the compromising (or if both should make some concessions).
		This site is a supplement to the report prepared by Chris French and Daniel Lopez on the topic of Everglades Restoration.
		To present the major elements involved in the restoration of the Everglades.
	www.geocities.com /oxfordcomma/everglades (149 words)

	The Everglades Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		The abstract of an essay on the history of the management of the Everglades, The Everglades: Evolution of Management in a Turbulent Ecosystem, by Stephen Light, Lance Gunderson and C.S. Holling is also available.
		They include the Florida Water Management Districts, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Florida Office of Ecosystem Management.
		Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve are two of the National Parks in the Everglades Ecosystem.
	nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu /~arm/research/everglades.html (246 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Florida Everglades (Natural World) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		The Florida Everglades--half land, half water, a mysterious wilderness of spectacular sights and subtle contrasts--offer a tremendous diversity of plant and wildlife.
		In The Florida Everglades, Connie Toops shares her years of wilderness experiences in the Everglades, providing an in-depth look at nature and our relationship to this dramatic land and waterscape.
		In this newly revised Everglades' National Park 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, Toops describes the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew and the rapid recovery of the ecosystem.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0896583724?v=glance (580 words)

	Everglades Florida Parks
		Collier-Seminole State Park - The 6,400-acre park showcases vegetation and wildlife typical of the Everglades.
		Its Oasis visitor center is located east of Everglades City on Highway 41.
		Everglades National Park - Northern Section - The northern section of the main park road will take you through the park entrance, The Anhinga Trail, Long Pine Key, The Pa-hay-okee Overlook Trail, and Mahogany Hammock.
	www.florida-everglades.com /parks.htm (246 words)

	Broward County - Port (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-25)
		For them, the fastest-and most strategic-course for their cargo is Port Everglades.
		Long recognized as one of the world's finest cruise ports, Port Everglades has rapidly established itself as one of world's premier cargo ports.
		In this case, the name is Port Everglades.
	www.broward.org /port (221 words)

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