It is an Environment within which many Species,
both Plant (flora) and Animal,
(fauna)
maintain
a way of daily life, unconsciously
interdependent upon one another and
the area that they inhabit together.
The Big Cypress Preserve which is 60 miles West of Miami,
contains over 700,000 acres of protected land,
most of it
is Cypress Trees and swamp.
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The Big Cypress Preserve
Photo credit: USGS/SOFIA |
What happens in Big Cypress affects the Everglades,
the amount and purity of their water flow,
determines the overall health of the Everglades.
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The Big Cypress Preserve
Photo credit: USGS/SOFIA |
Big Cypress National Preserve and the Everglades were
at one time, the Ancestral homes of a large population of
Wood Stork who are now moving north due to Habitat loss.
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Big Cypress Orchid
Photo Credit: USGS/SOFIA |
The Miccosukee and the Seminole tribes have long
called this part of Florida home as well and they are
concerned with the health of this Ecosystem:
Statement
of Jim Shore
Places to learn more:
Defenders of Wildlife
Endangered Ecosystems
FFWC
Big Cypress
Florida Native Plant Society
Ecosystems of Florida
NPCA
Big Cypress Preserve
National Wildlife Federation
Florida
Everglades Ecosystems Virtual Tour
NPS
Big Cypress National
Preserve
Preservation 2000
Conserving
Florida's Natural Land and Water
University of Florida
Amphibians Used to Measure Success in
Ecosystem
USGS - Biological Resources
Endangered
Ecosystems
Scientific Data About our Nation's
Biological Resources
USGS - SOFIA
Habitat and Species Recovery
Land Management
SOFIA: USGS Kids page for Florida's Ecosystems
South Florida Recovery
Virtual Tour of Everglades
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