European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes tuesday february 18,1986 the of Virghan where ecological damage hat been devastating last ditch Effort to save the Everglades life by Philip Shabecoff new York times w Ork has begun on an ambitious Effort to undo what Florida officials Cal the nearly lethal damage that has been inflicted on the Everglades by a Century. Of development and exploitation. State and Federal officials and private conservationists met at Marco fla., recently to discuss the Progress of the program and future plans. The program Calls for a River that has artificial channels to be restored to its original bed thousands of acres of drained Marshland to be Reffo Oded lands cleared for housing and agriculture to be restored to their natural state and sustained efforts to recover the endangered Florida Panther or Cougar and other wild species from the Edge of extinction. Florida state officials estimate $300 million will have to be spent just to acquire land under the program. A coalition of 17 major conservation groups is backing the program which they regard not Only As a vital last ditch Effort to save the Everglades but also As a Model for future programs to restore important but threatened or degraded ecological systems. Gaylord Nelson a former . Senator who is chairman of the wilderness society termed the Everglades Endeavor the most comprehensive environmental program in the history of this  the  Atao my it is urgent that the program to save the Everglades be put into place now not Only because of the declining biological and hydrological state of the vast wetland but because of what they say Are increasingly unfavourable political and economic conditions. Paul c. Pritchard president of the National Parks and conservation association warned we have this year to do what we have to do to protect the  among other things he said gov. Bob Graham of Rolda author of the save our Everglades reclamation program is leaving office this year and is expected to run for the Senate. A future governor might not be so fervent in support of the Everglades restoration Pritchard said. In a speech at Marco Graham said restoring the Everglades system is essential if Southern Florida is to have the water for future growth and development. Basically the area is a River 50 Miles wide and 6 inches deep running 250 Miles from Central Florida to the state s Southern tip. In our enthusiasm to build a Rich and powerful state we nearly destroyed the heart of Florida the Everglades which continually replenish the Richness of the land and which define its character Graham said. Saving the system Means undoing past mistakes he said Success in this Endeavor Means turning Back the clock 100 years. By the year 2,000, the Everglades will look and function More like they did at the turn of the Century than they do  the Ever Glyte h � bom called a River of  seen from the air it looks like an endless Prairie of Green and Gold broken by Silver Black patches of open water. Elliptical tree islands almost countless Rise above this liquid Prairie All pointed in the same direction As the flow of the water and looking like an enormous school of fish. From a plane passing Over the Everglades what appears to be a White Cloud moving rapidly below turns out upon a second look to be a Large flock of snowy wading Birds egrets or White ibis in flight. The Everglades wetlands from the Kos Summee River Basin in Central Florida through big. Shallow Lake Okeechobee and into the Everglades proper form a Complex fragile but unified 3-Milllon-acre ecological system that scientists say is nowhere duplicated. Carved out of this exports is the Everglades National Park which at 1.2 million acres is the largest National Park in the United states after Yellowstone. The Everglades also contains the big Cypress National preserve wildlife refuges state Parks and preserves Seminole villages and private farms and Homes. The great flowing Sheet of fresh water moving across the Everglades feeds into the Biscayne aquifer an underground Reservoir that provides water for Miami and the rest of booming Southeast Rolda. 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