The average temperature of the everglades ranges from 64 degrees (F)-84 degrees (F) The everglades...
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• The average temperature of the everglades ranges from 64 degrees (F)-84 degrees (F)
• The everglades is mild and pleasant during the winter with temperatures rarely reaching freezing
• during the summer the everglades is much warmer and has about a 90% humidity
Climate of the everglades
Climate of the everglades• The rain is a very
important part of the everglades without it the swamps and shallow arenas of the everglades water levels would fall greatly
• During the hurricane season if a hurricanes and tropical storms may affect the area
• The rainy season of the everglades is between June and October averaging about 60 inches of rainfall
Human impact on the Everglades environment
• More then half of the original swamps have been destroyed for crops, grazing livestock, and building houses
• There are 16 endangered and 6 threatened wildlife species
Everglades conservation
• In 1905 when N. B. Broward was elected governor with his promise to drain every drop of water out of that “pestilence-ridden swamp”
• In the 1980’s the environmentalists said the everglades was dying, even though in 1947 part of the everglades was named a national park
• Now the U.S. army corps who supervised the draining and bulldozing in 1905 are now trying to save the everglades
Everglades conservation
• In 1992 Audubon started the biggest restoration project in the history of the world by not only trying to conserve the everglades but to restore some of what has been lost
• The everglades has decreased in over 50% its size although the everglades national park has increased by 406,000 acres in attempt to help conserve what's left of the everglades
Illegal deer hunting
• Hunting deer out of season• On a first offence $500 fines and 10 hours of
community service and hunting license suspended for 3 years
• On a second offence 120 days in jail 30 hours of community service fined 1,000 and hunting license revoked for life
• The agency involved is the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC)