rsobczak
Well-known member
Hey everyone,
Here's a narrated Power Point
on the Big Cypress. Not quite
Top Gun.
Big Cypress Master Plan?
Here's a narrated Power Point
on the Big Cypress. Not quite
Top Gun.
Big Cypress Master Plan?
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Narrated Power Point on history of Big Cypress
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cowboy
Moderator
For real History of Big Cypress this site has the best collection of real stories and history I know of and documents biologist, hydrologists, and NPS shutting out traditional uses any way that they possibly can
Steve's Big Cypress National Preserve
Steven DeLine Big Cypress Land Owner and Outdoorsman
www.bigcypressswamp.com
WERP is no different and while I'm sure restoring the Everglades is a top priority, removing camp owners, airboaters, hunters etc. (i.e. traditional use) is high on their removal plans. It's why they were so shady with the initial dealings of the plan, not mentioning about how many camp/land owners they were going to remove. I firmly believe NPS, and ENP want 0 human interaction in the Big Cypress and Everglades. You would have a very tough time convincing me otherwise.
One Eyed Gator
Well-known member
Thanks for the link Cowboy looks like some great reading
cowboy
Moderator
Best part of the everglades was the tree islands
The native vegetation that used to exist on most of those tree islands has now been destroyed due to too deep of water held
In the glades for too long.
The root systems of the trees all got rotted out and blown down by tropical storms moving across the regions
Tom Shirley and others begged and pleaded for reasonable regulatory water levels to be established for the resources to allow tree islands to survive, but agencies all want or need to use the Everglades as a reservoir. Not a natural resource.
Every year the managing agencies literally drown the Everglades, and shut public access down so the damage to wildlife like deer suffering to survive and everything else can’t be easily documented
Let’s be real…
With all the People coming to Florida placing more and more demands for water to keep the fairways lush and green, let’s not pretend that we live in fantasy world where the managers responsible for setting the water levels in the Glades or BCNP are doing so with only the best interests of the resource or the public as their primary considerations
It is all water storage motivated and the Everglades is getting drowned out
The native vegetation that used to exist on most of those tree islands has now been destroyed due to too deep of water held
In the glades for too long.
The root systems of the trees all got rotted out and blown down by tropical storms moving across the regions
Tom Shirley and others begged and pleaded for reasonable regulatory water levels to be established for the resources to allow tree islands to survive, but agencies all want or need to use the Everglades as a reservoir. Not a natural resource.
Every year the managing agencies literally drown the Everglades, and shut public access down so the damage to wildlife like deer suffering to survive and everything else can’t be easily documented
Let’s be real…
With all the People coming to Florida placing more and more demands for water to keep the fairways lush and green, let’s not pretend that we live in fantasy world where the managers responsible for setting the water levels in the Glades or BCNP are doing so with only the best interests of the resource or the public as their primary considerations
It is all water storage motivated and the Everglades is getting drowned out
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cowboy
Moderator
Courtesy of Steve’s Big Cypress, camps of the Big Cypress
Don’t miss the “ more camps” link at the bottom of the page
smokster
Well-known member
some of the best stuff i've read in a long time. thanks