draining the everglades.; the scheme by which a philadelphia company expects to reclaim twelve million acres of land. share full article. feb. 18, 1881.

After a century of development, half the Everglades is dead and the other half is on life support. ... And so, a century ago, some American dreamers decided to drain the swamp.

In 2000, Congress authorized the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, to fix the damage done by the flood control system that was put in place to drain the Everglades for agricultural, ...

Rather than focus on what the Everglades needed and the projects already underway, Charlie Crist had an irresponsible plan to spend $1.75 billion on land and assets that the state could not afford.

Collier could have been home to the Everglades Jetport, the world's largest airport of the future, until environmentalists ...

Encore Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. Explore the story of Florida's Everglades, America's greatest wetland. A tale of greed, hubris and destruction, the film chronicles ...

He began draining the northern regions of the Everglades to expose that land. The draining took decades. His endeavors cleared the way for the development and urbanization of South Florida and ...

If you want to travel through the Florida Everglades, stay off the main roads. This secret route provides even better views ...

Muck is removed from irrigation and draining ditches near farms in the Everglades Agricultural Area and placed back on fields. "When we clean the muck that's inside our drainage ditches and ...