Future Prospects for the Everglades

I believe that the Everglades’ condition would continue to improve, though the process would be very slow and will take a very long time. In some of cases, most effective plans to restore the Everglades are often being amended, making the plan smaller in scale. For example, a plan to stop the U.S. Sugar plantations in six years was amended to allow some mills to continue its production. In addition, parts of wetlands are still being converted into residential land. These factors delay the process of restoration. However, as seen in numerous plans, many people are working to recover the Everglades. The major plan, called the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, was created to bring back water into the Everglades and to improve the water quality of the ecosystem. Over last thirty years, scientists have proposed more than sixty restoration plans, one of which passed through the Congress and allowed Florida to spend billions of dollars on numerous projects. Continuously, Stormwater Treatment Areas have been built to filter phosphorus out of the water and construct manmade wetlands. Furthermore, Florida purchased more than half of the land for restoration and is now waiting for more federal funds to continue its projects. The scientists are researching to minimize the plantations’ runoff and to restore the Everglades wetlands. Supporters of Everglades restoration are working to pass acts like the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which diverts water back into Everglades. Although there are some obstacles and hindrances, the Everglades restoration is going towards meeting its goal. With more support from the citizens, I believe that the Everglades restoration project would get more attention, eventually helping the beautiful ecosystem to refurbish faster in the future.