Last semester during our slough slog experience our guide, Ranger Alan Scott, explained to us how the water level in the Everglades is controlled by the hand of man.  He told us that one of the problems that the Everglades faces is that we do not know how to mimic the water levels of the original water flow.  Consequently, the wildlife in the park was considerably reduced and the animal species that highly depend on the right water levels such as the snail kite and the wood stork were considered in danger of extinction.  Today, it seems that the

Only solution to keep restoring the Everglades is the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, a thirty-year project that will restore much of the remaining Everglades to a free flowing system.  The hand of man will still be controlling the water flow, and that is something that makes me worry about the future of the Everglades.