Today's experience in the Everglades was just that - magical! I learned so much about exotic plants and animals and the impacts they are having on the natural or local flora/fauna. Dan Kimball, the Superintendent of the Everglades (so to speak) explained the history Toyota has with maintaining and supporting US National Parks. We learned that Toyota provided 5 parks 5 million $ (The Smokies, Yellow Stone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and the Everglades) to enhance education programs.
We learned that, like Louisiana, damming the natural water flow of the Everglades provided people protection against flooding, but had an inverse affect on nature. The Everglades was once a total of 3 million acres, and has been reduced to 1.5 million in the past 5o years; 7 million people surrounding the Everglades receive their freshwater from this source.
www.nps.org provides educators multiple information to get involved in the National Parks: From planning field trips, to curriculum, to media for loan, to distance learning opportunities.
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