[Coral-List] Everglades & the Keys
Jim Hendee
jim.hendee at noaa.gov
Wed Jul 2 07:24:37 EDT 2008
Gene,
Sorry, I can't subscribe to that kind of negative energy, so I'll keep
my hopes up. I started living in South Florida in 1950, so I, too, have
seen the Keys and the Everglades "before" and "after" (i.e., now). I
have belief that "getting the water right" can do nothing but make
things better; and besides, what's the alternative, wring my hands and
bemoan the failure of others and watch everything go down the tubes? I
say work with the South Florida Water Management District, Everglades
National Park, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection, the Fish & Wildlife Service, and
the numerous other agencies and academic institutions in South Florida
to fight the good fight and try to realize the vision before us where
things take the turn for the better before we check out. Why not do that?
All your'n,
Jim
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:28 PM, <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
<mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>> wrote:
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From: Gene Shinn <eshinn at marine.usf.edu <mailto:eshinn at marine.usf.edu>>
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov <mailto:coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:32:45 -0400
Subject: Everglades & the Keys
Jim, Coral demise in the Florida Keys began in the late 1970s and
peaked during 1983-84 and has been in decline ever since. As you know I
had been diving and observing Keys reefs since the 1950s. The peak of
coral decline (Acropora death, black band disease, Diadema die-off, and
Sea Fan disease to name a few) occurred during the much publicized El
Nino that paralleled the largest influx of African dust in recent
history. What happened in Florida happened simultaneously throughout
the Caribbean basin around small islands with minimal or no human
population. I would not get my hopes up about seeing much change related
to the Everglades project. Gene
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