... help stop the destruction of the everglades and will be able to control water flow to and from the everglades. 100 years ago Southern Florida was filled with thousands of acres of undeveloped natural land. Today however this is not the case. Today there is a problem between human and nature's elements. Florida is now a leading state ... for urban sprawl, and population growth. On average Florida adds about 750 people and uses about 417 acres of land for urban use per day. Urban sprawl is low density development and unlimited outward extension of new development. This population growth i...

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... result of habitat loss, and fragmentation. The male panthers are known as loaners and stray far way from other cats. The average territory for an adult male panther is around 550 acres, 5 times the size of Disney World. With the loss of land due to urban sprawl inbreeding occurs (Friends of the Florida ... hoping to find a trophy to place on their wall. With the rise of urban spawn the beautiful creatures have been forced from all southeast states except for a small portion of Florida. Once, the mighty panther roamed as far north as Tennessee and North Carolina. Now the cats are limited...

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... Wildlife down there. Finally, The residents of Florida should wake up and realize how vital, and important the Everglades is to our everyday life, and how if we don't fight for it now, we might never get it back. First Big Sugar is the main source of argument these days between wild life activist, and money hungry business people. Big Sugar ... . Two hundred tons of phosphates enter each year from fertilizers and pesticides, used on sugarcane and vegetable farms. We all know that, Sugar cane farms our the leading cause for phosphorus pollution. 1 million acres of the Everglades drainage ...

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