Monday, Aug 09, 2010
The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed the Florida Everglades as an endangered -- and it has nothing to do with pythons. From the AP:
Degradation of the Everglades has caused its addition to the list this year, with UNESCO reporting that water inflows have reduced up to 60 percent and high pollution levels are currently killing marine life.
The Everglades is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, with more than 1.5 million acres of estuaries, prairies, and shady stretches of pine. This is the second time the Everglades has been included on the list, the first time was between 1993 and 1997 because of damages caused by Hurricane Andrew.
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Like I/we've been saying all along...Pythons are NOT the problem, PEOPLE ARE! Government policy is! The Subsidized Sugar Cane Industry and Army Corps of Engineers are but a few.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer
