What is good about reflooding the Everglades?
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Provide habitat for the species that depend on flooded Everglades--alligators, fish, snails, snail kites, egrets, herons.
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bush bash with a machete is my way ... cut out the big vines or whatever will get in the ways .... more often than not you can find animal trails, they often give a pretty good route.\n\nOther than that stick to fire trails or even pre-made tracks.
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yes, there's a lot of money in raising both food fish (like tilapia & sturgeon) & ornamental fish. Your best source of info on this would be your county's extension offices. I'm attaching a link to UF's publications on aquaclture that I've found to be very useful.\n\nGood Luck!
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Here is a very good article on restricted clubs (including the Everglades Club):\n\nhttp://www.newtimesbpb.com/issues/2003-01-16/news/feature_2.html\n\nHope this helps!
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Well, i was involved with some folks who were catching the rain off their rooftop in barrels, then using it to water gardens etc.  They had to modify the downspouts to go into the barrels.  Any way to catch, direct and store the water will work.
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Cool! I'm glad someone wants to help out their community.\n\n-stream/river/lake clean up (organize a team of people to pick up trash and debris)\n\n-found a food bank\n\n-place recycling bins in town-based buildings (city government, libraries, post office, etc.) and organize a pick-up service for collecting the items\n\n-hold a race at your local track to raise money for a local, charitable cause
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That is definitely a worthy cause.   If you're going all the way to Florida, you might want to take two with you.   Think about it...you may draw media attention.
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Try a mini ecosystem in a 2-liter coke bottle. Study it for a few months and see how it changes. Record what plants and animals you put in too.I suggest putting in some worms, moss, and an up-right plant
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wow.. tdhat is a BIG subject and I have studied soil conservation for many years and to put that answer down into a few words is DIFFICULT... just as difficult as conserving soil.\n\nCaring for our soil resources is becoming increasingly critical as the supply of dependable agricultural land decreases from competition by other uses, such as urban development. Healthy soils are key to producing good harvests of crops, and minimizes expenses such as fertilizer and pest control. If we let agricultural soils become degraded, there will be no new soil to take its place\n\nHere are just a few things to be considered:\n\nMinimize or eliminate summer fallow \nSeed directly into the previous year's stubble without pre-seeding tillage. No-till increases soil organic matter, enhances water infiltration, conserves moisture and reduces runoff and soil erosion due to wind, water and tillage. \nReduce tillage: replace one or more tillage operations with herbicide application to control weeds. Reduced tillage over successive years improves the physical and chemical properties of the soil, and at the same time helps restore organic matter – plant roots, microorganisms, insects and earthworms – which, when left undisturbed, work to stimulate and sustain plant growth. \nExtend crop rotations, particularly with the inclusion of legumes. The benefits include improved fertility, tilth, aggregate stability, moisture storage, and resistance to soil erosion and degradation, as well as reductions in insect, weed and disease problems. All of these factors contribute to increased productivity. \nAdopt permanent conservation practices such as grassed waterways, perennial grass barriers, and strip cropping. \nManage manure not as a waste, but as an important source of organic matter and plant nutrients. Organic matter, and the organisms that eat it, can improve water holding capacity, nutrient availability, and can help protect against erosion. However, applying manure in the fall or over-application can lead to water and air pollution. \nManage irrigation effectively, by reducing water losses from spray drift and over-application. \nCarefully manage fertilizer by applying according to the crops needs, during the time that the crop needs it and close to the root system so it can be utilized efficiently. Although fertilizer can increase the amount of organic matter in the soil, mis-management can also pollute air and water. \nManage pesticides carefully, by following label instructions. Try to minimize pesticide use by using an integrated approach, which incorporates other pest control practices such as a varied crop rotation and biological control options. \nMaintain healthy grass cover on pastures to prevent soil erosion, by using practices such as rotational grazing and rest periods. \nKeep crop residues on soil surface as much as possible. Crop residues include roots, chaff, stems and leaves which are left after a crop is harvested. These residues improve several soil properties, such as organic matter replenishment, water infiltration, water storage and particle aggregation. Crop residues also contain nutrients, including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur and micronutrients. \nSeed forages to increase soil organic matter, reduce erosion and salinity, and recover nutrients that leached below the rooting depth of annual crops. Selection of forage species and management practices can be tailored to specific problems such as drought, excessive soil moisture, salinity, poor soil structure, low pH and other problems. \nProvide adequate wind barriers, such as shelterbelts, to reduce wind erosion. Shelterbelts have the added benefit of increasing crop yields by trapping more snow, particularly of less drought-tolerant crops such as canola and alfalfa. \nPlant cover crops late in summer to protect soil against late fall and early spring erosion. Cover crops store nutrients for the crops that follow them, keep weeds down, host beneficial insects a
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The canal is more efficient, and actually makes monet now.\n\nThe economy has also grown, although there is much debate as to whether or not the loss of US bases has reduced this growth somewhat.
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This site has useful information.\nhttp://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/atlas/atlas_html/foreword/internationalAgreements.html
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I wrote to Al Gore when he was Vice President saying that I thought putting military housing on the best surf spot in Southern Cal was a bad idea for the environment.  I got a response saying "Thank you for your concern about the environment....protecting the environment is a big part of the administration's effort and he'd look into it."  I thought that was really cool.
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I attended a very interesting lecture by the Governor of Montana.  He was talking about the development of oil shales (which Montana has an enormous amount of).  He said that the development of oil shales became economically feasible when the price of oil exceed $40/barrel.\n\nThe advantages to fuel refined from oil shales are the cleanliness of the product.  The process (developed by the Germans during WW-II) not only refines the oil products, but it also strips out the mercury, sulfides, and arsenide's from the final product.  This would vastly reduce water and air pollution.\n\nLast I heard, the state of Montana is in the process of building their own refinery at this time.\n\nEstimates of the reserves available in the northwest US and western Canada are factors of magnitude greater than the amount of oil in all of the middle east.  It would be great to develop this asset and be able to tell the Saudis and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela to go pound sand.
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Thank you for offering to help!\n\nFirst, we've got to get our government off its lazy, money grubbing butt.  It has to make the decision to move the trailers and then implement that decision.  Time is wasting away and there are hurricane victims in desparate need of housing -- Some of them are being evicted from their temporary hotel housing now.\n\nTo kick 'em into gear, write your senators and your congressman.  Tell them that you are deeply dissapointed that the trailers are just sitting, doing nobody any good.  Then, get your friends and family to start writing letters.  Have your friends and family get their friends to write.  Write to your local TV and radio stations and tell them that you, your friends and your family are writing and that you would appreciate it if they would get the word out to others.\n\nThis has become the highest order of incompetency.  I understand the rule about not setting up temporary housing in a flood plain, but give me a break!  I would hope that our government would at least be embarrassed into action by now!\n\nSorry for the rant and thank you for giving me the opportunity to say something in another forum.
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You don't have to ask me twice----yes !!!!!!\n\nI would like to see land for wildlife and parks. I would like to know we can support the people here with food if we had too.  And there  would be enough grazing land for lifestock . And Medical for all.   And a place for all to rest.\n\nThis country is a mess of its own problems-and closing that door for a few years would help.\n\nSorry for my crude English.
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Great news, especially considering the other world cities it was up against, like Paris, New York, Moscow, and Madrid. Those aren't exactly small hick towns! \n\nIt will completely regenerate an area in the east of the city which has been in need for nearly 50 years. The cost is definitely worth it.
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That is a mighty big canal you are talking about building. That is way to much man power and way to difficult to accomplish. And what good would it do?