All that crap coming down from the Big Sugar factories and massive construction.
The glades are dying because the builders are taking the water for the houses.
Stuff you’re not supposed to know about.
Let’s blame it on snakes.
Well, the snakes are eating a lot of critters. A friend had his female Burmese Python sneak off during one of our parties back in the ‘80s. Homestead area. The ‘Glades have taken a beating for a long time. The canals that criss-cross southern Florida were designed to drain off all of the rain. With it no longer flowing slowly through the ‘Glades, saltwater was allowed to work its way inland. About the only environmental success story I’ve heard out of the area is that American Crocodiles are apparently flourishing in the warm effluence of the Turkey Point Nuclear Power plant. When I was there in the 80s, the manatee liked to hang there in the winter.