Everglades Plan Pays Farmers To Corral Water

Everglades Plan Article:
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100210/ARTICLE/2101056

It sounds like the same people who originally caused the problem of the now withering wetlands by damming and pumping out the water will now profit from this plan. With the farmers having ownership of the once wetland areas, nothing can be done to recreate the natural water without their cooperation. Unfortunately, this plan doesn’t give long-term protection for the wetlands either. Hopefully, concerned officials will keep brainstorming of a way to keep the wetlands from disappearing permanently.