End Game

Everglades in Florida is dying.

          Although over the course of twentieth century, Florida conservationists had helped stop plume hunts, preserve millions of acres of wetlands mandate minimum flows to Everglades Nation Part, and secure the largest nutrient cleanup in history, the everglades is still dying.

          The main idea of this article talks about the road to restore an everglade is hard, not because of technical difficulty, but politics. At the first half of the article, active environmentalists debated with the senators about the Everglades Restoration Plan. At the same time, President Clinton administration’s revised study had suggested that to build an airport. After all debate and other political stuff, at last the airport was not built; the Everglade was not yet saved, but it was not yet doomed. Millions of acres of ecosystem remained in public ownership. Water quality was improving.

          When environmental protection supporters fight against policies that could improve economy and creating jobs, it is always an uphill battle. It is human nature that they would like to put themselves in a better environment rather than saving other species. Second, many people do not really understand how is the environmental protection plan work and how do they related to their lives. In the article, many senators wondered if the plan that would save the everglades works.

          At the end of the article, because of the rejection of airport, the author of this article suggested that money doesn’t always talk. I believe it is true that money doesn’t always talk, but most of time.