How are the Everglades important to Florida's enviroment?

Question

need answer A.S.A.P. for project. i'm in 6th grade. please make the answer easy to understand.
Thank YOU!!!!

i researched and everything but couldn't find anything.

Answer 1

It's the whole ecosystem. It supports many of Florida's endangered wildlife species- alligators, panthers, etc. Many species of animals live there that have been pushed out of urban and suburban areas in the rest of Florida.
Wikipedia the Everglades and see what it says.

Answer 2

1. It supplies a home for MANY endangered animal and plant species. The alligator was once endangered, and the Everglades was a key part in bringing it back.

2. Many parts of the Everglades serve as a watershed/water
source for big portions of cities like Miami. That is, we get some of our drinking water from there.

3. The Everglades helps the South Florida tourist industry, believe it or not. Part of that comes from the conservation park, the zoo, the water recreation, etc. that's indigenous to
that area.

That's a start. Why not Google it and look up s'more reasons.

Answer 3

I live near Fort Lauderdale. There are too many people living here now. If it doesn't rain enough, the water managers have to choose between drinking water, golf courses, growing sugar cane/rice and vegetables, the National Park and preserves and maintaining enough flow out to sea to keep coastal marshes from becoming too salty. If it rains too much, the excess has to be dumped to prevent flooding, but still not mess up coastal salinity or pollute the Park and preserves with urban and agricultural runoff. The agricultural areas are upstream from the Park and preserves, so if the runoff isn't treated gravity will carry the polluted water into the parks. It is an impossible job for the Army Corps of Engineers. No matter what they do, someone won't be happy. Agriculture runoff has arsenic and enough phosphorus to alter the plant mix in the Park and preserves, and sewage effluent has too much nitrogen to be reused for drinking.

Answer 4

In addition to the other answers, aside from the unhelpful ones, the southern tip of the everglades serves as a border between the fresh water coming down from the northern part of the state and the salt water in the gulf of mexico. this border area provides protection for baby fish to hide from the larger fish in the gulf so they can grow and be able to survive better when they enter the gulf and oceans of the world.

Answer 5

The remaining 500,000 acres, located in the middle of the historic Everglades, became a water conservation area with a system of canals, dams and dikes used to control the flooding in large Florida cities.

Answer 6

All the plants remove CO2 from our atmosphere and give us back oxygen .

Answer 7

do some research...

Answer 8

Try google, or go to the librbay to DO YOUR OWN WORK!
Lazy kids.