The Florida Everglades is one of the largest natural ecosystems in the world, spanning 1.5 million acres from Lake Okeechobee down to the southern end of the st ...

2000: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, is authorized by Congress to restore and protect South ...

Everglades restoration has improved Florida's drinking water, but rising sea levels and saltwater intrusion now pose new threats.​ ...

1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...