The Shrinking Size Of The Everglades

The Everglades watershed, which is undergoing the world’s largest environmental restoration, is half of its original size.

Historic Everglades boundary, circa 1850

Map of historic Everglades boundary, 1850

Everglades Protection Area, 2015

Map of current Everglades Protection Area

Source: McVoy et al., “Landscapes and Hydrology of the Predrainage Everglades,” University Press of Florida; South Florida Water Management District

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