The Everglades
The Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands are a rare and beautiful place. It is one of North America's unsung wild places - a beautiful, rugged, subtropical landscape experienced by a relatively few adventurous souls each year. Many who appreciate the single qualities of this wilderness will argue that it is a place better kept secret.
Everglades National Park is spanning the southern tip of Florida and also most of Florida Bay. Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It has two different plant communities, temperate and tropical plant communities. This includes hardwood hammocks, sawgrass prairies, mangrove and cypress swamps, and pinelands. What the park is most known for is its rich bird life. One of the main birds are large wading birds, such as the roseate spoonbill, woodstork, great blue heron and a variety of egrets. Crocodiles and alligators exist side by side here.
The everglades has many animal protection groups and agencies because there have been many accidents there. It is well important to have these organizations because there are so many animals species living out there and if they aren't kept secured, then one day they might become extinct. So, animal security is a big problem there.
Here is Some fast information:
Number of acres: 1,506,539
Number of endangered species: 15
Year the park was established: 1947
Peoples native to the Everglades: the Miccosukee and the Seminole
Most famous book about the Everglades: The Everglades: River of Grass, by Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Number of people who move to Florida daily: 900 (according to the Everglades National Park's website)