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Fig. 1.3 Current map showing the segmentation of the Everglades in southern Florida. The
Kissimmee River flows from the north into Lake Okeechobee, which is bordered immediately to
the south and southeast by the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA, dark orange). As water, and
discharged effluent, flow southward from the EAA, water conservation areas, Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Big Cypress National Preserve (NP), Everglades National Park
(NP), Biscayne National Park (NP), and Florida Bay are all negatively impacted. Overall, the
Everglades ecosystems that remain today are only a fraction of the original extent (see Fig. 1.1)
(Credit: NOAA)
C.W. Finkl and C. Makowski
Fig. 1.3 Current map showing the segmentation of the Everglades in southern Florida. The
Kissimmee River flows from the north into Lake Okeechobee, which is bordered immediately to
the south and southeast by the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA, dark orange). As water, and
discharged effluent, flow southward from the EAA, water conservation areas, Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Big Cypress National Preserve (NP), Everglades National Park
(NP), Biscayne National Park (NP), and Florida Bay are all negatively impacted. Overall, the
Everglades ecosystems that remain today are only a fraction of the original extent (see Fig. 1.1)
(Credit: NOAA)
C.W. Finkl and C. Makowski