Submitted by Jill S. Miller on Wednesday, 9/23/2009, at 1:15 PM

Florida Everglades Foundation (link)

Everglades in the recent news

Pythons...

August 15, 2009
It's Open Season On Florida's Pythons http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111823116

March 31, 2009
To Catch A Burmese Python: A Fine Art In Florida http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102562896

October 18, 2008
Mail Carriers On Python Patrol In South Florida http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95867920

Big sugar...

April 1, 2009
Everglades Restoration Plan Shrinks http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/us/02everglades.html

October 9, 2008
U.S. Sugar Tastes Sour To Everglades Tribe http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95557360

 June 26, 2008
Can The Everglades Be Saved? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91906058

Submitted by Jill S. Miller on Tuesday, 9/1/2009, at 1:25 PM

Please submit responses to the readings by 5pm on Tuesday, September 22.  These should be thoughtful questions/comments designed to provoke discussion.  You should also read through responses prepared by fellow students in preparation for Friday’s discussion.

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Reading for week 3:
Layzer, J. 2006. Chapter 15: Ecosystem-Based Solutions: Restoring the Florida Everglades. In The Environmental Case. Translating Values into Policy, second edition. Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Bilger, B. 2009. The Natural World, Swamp Things. The New Yorker, April 20.