Environment

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These Washington Environmentalists Are Trying to Save the Elusive Wolverine

The Everglades Need More Fresh Water. Here鈥檚 What鈥檚 Being Done to Help.

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A Mesmerizing Drone Film of Water and Land Intertwined

A Solitary Whale in Search of Connection

Ultrarunning Through Wyoming鈥檚 Longest Migration Corridors

The Future of Oregon’s Wild and Scenic River System

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Preserving Washington鈥檚 Shrub-Steppe

Light Painting Under the Night Sky

Mother Earth Confronts the Human Race

The Klamath River Is the Lifeblood of the Yurok Tribe

Using SUPs to Deliver a Plastic-Free Future

It’s Time for Mountain Bikers to Step Up

How Fire Suppression Made California Fires Worse
The Everglades Need More Fresh Water. Here鈥檚 What鈥檚 Being Done to Help.
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The health of the Everglades鈥� ecosystem鈥攃onsisting of saw-grass wetlands and mangroves at the southern end of Florida鈥攊s in danger. The area鈥檚 flora and fauna are dependent on a supply of fresh water from a watershed near Orlando, farther north. But over the past 100 years, that water flow, specifically at Lake Okeechobee, has been interrupted by man-made efforts to control flooding and expand agriculture. The end result: less than half of the necessary fresh water ever reaches Florida Bay.
In this new release from and , Follow the Water, Orvis鈥檚 Simon and Hannah Perkins meet up with , , and along the length of the Everglades鈥� watershed to discuss what can be done to get more fresh water flowing south.