Could Cattails Impact The Presidency?
24 August 2003 - 9:00am
Farm runoff into the Everglades has fostered the growth non-native cattails, which destroy native wildlife.
"A Florida law that alters water-purity rules could determine the fate of the Everglades, as well as the outcome of local and national elections... This spring, nine years after passage of a landmark state law the Everglades Forever Act designed to reverse decades of devastation to southern Florida's landscape and animal life, Gov. Jeb Bush signed a new law changing the rules on how cleanliness of water flowing into the great marsh will be measured... But for many people in Florida, protecting the Everglades is tantamount to a sacred trust."
Full Story:
The Sway of Cattails and Politics
Source:
The Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2003
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