July 1998
07-14-98
TREE ISLANDS OF THE GREATER EVERGLADES
Organizers:
Arnold van der Valk, Florida Center for Environmental
Studies
Fred Sklar, South Florida Water Management District
Wiley Kitchens, U.S. Geological Survey
Presentations:
- Stratigraphy, origins, and succession of tree islands
on deep peats in the northern Everglades
Patrick Gleason, Peter Stone
and William Spackman
- Tree islands of the southern Everglades: their
geological and paleoecological characteristics
Arthur D. Cohen, Peter
Kremer and William Spackman
- Tree islands of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife
Refuge
Laura Brandt, Jennifer
Silveira and Wiley Kitchens
- Tree island plant communities and water management in
the central Everglades
Lorraine Heisler, Tim Towles,
Laura Brandt and Robert Pace
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more . . .
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05-07-98
PLAN TO REPLENISH EVERGLADES IS BOLD, RISKY -- AND EXPENSIVE
South Florida is bleeding fresh water. Staggering amounts -- enough for 20 million people -- surge
into the sea every year from a vast network of canals. Wasted to the tides are
the health of the region's ecological treasures and all hope of supplying
enough water for the region's growing population and economy. But now at last there is a plan for stopping the waste. The
proposal for
replumbing South Florida is bold, controversial, risky -- and
expensive. The best estimate: $7.5 billion. Read
more...
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