• The average temperature of the everglades ranges from 64 degrees (F)-84 degrees (F)

• The everglades is mild and pleasant during the winter with temperatures rarely reaching freezing

• during the summer the everglades is much warmer and has about a 90% humidity

Climate of the everglades

Climate of the everglades• The rain is a very

important part of the everglades without it the swamps and shallow arenas of the everglades water levels would fall greatly

• During the hurricane season if a hurricanes and tropical storms may affect the area

• The rainy season of the everglades is between June and October averaging about 60 inches of rainfall

Human impact on the Everglades environment

• More then half of the original swamps have been destroyed for crops, grazing livestock, and building houses

• There are 16 endangered and 6 threatened wildlife species

Everglades conservation

• In 1905 when N. B. Broward was elected governor with his promise to drain every drop of water out of that “pestilence-ridden swamp”

• In the 1980’s the environmentalists said the everglades was dying, even though in 1947 part of the everglades was named a national park

• Now the U.S. army corps who supervised the draining and bulldozing in 1905 are now trying to save the everglades

Everglades conservation

• In 1992 Audubon started the biggest restoration project in the history of the world by not only trying to conserve the everglades but to restore some of what has been lost

• The everglades has decreased in over 50% its size although the everglades national park has increased by 406,000 acres in attempt to help conserve what's left of the everglades

Illegal deer hunting

• Hunting deer out of season• On a first offence $500 fines and 10 hours of

community service and hunting license suspended for 3 years

• On a second offence 120 days in jail 30 hours of community service fined 1,000 and hunting license revoked for life

• The agency involved is the Florida fish and wildlife conservation commission (FWC)