WEBVTT 00:10.790 --> 00:14.330 Ones covering nearly 11000 square models of self lord of the 00:14.330 --> 00:17.530 Everglades due to be impacts of men have been reduced to a little 00:17.530 --> 00:20.820 more than 40 300 square miles with the majority of the river 00:20.820 --> 00:23.970 of grass strained in developed a concerted effort to protect 00:24.000 --> 00:27.660 and restore largest lots of this national treasure is underway 00:27.930 --> 00:31.930 the Everglades and the restoration upper are really. Meet single 00:31.930 --> 00:36.160 moles to import example of conservation and ecosystem restoration 00:36.190 --> 00:37.510 in the world to date. 00:38.060 --> 00:41.080 Are more than 30 years agencies with the federal government including 00:41.080 --> 00:44.110 the army corps of engineers jacksonville district agencies from 00:44.110 --> 00:46.780 the state of florida with the self order water management district 00:46.780 --> 00:50.280 leading away along with nonprofit groups and private citizens 00:50.550 --> 00:53.550 have been working together to bring back the health of the Everglades 00:53.770 --> 00:56.720 one such project looks to reversed the effects man is made on 00:56.720 --> 01:00.350 the Everglades return the area back to mother nature deepen the 01:00.350 --> 01:03.860 heart of collier county florida just south of I 75 sits the picking 01:03.860 --> 01:07.410 in strands de forest. This scenarios once called south golden 01:07.410 --> 01:11.480 data States the largest planned community in the world a 55000 01:11.480 --> 01:12.700 acre area here. 01:13.430 --> 01:18.610 Of back in the sixties um hand 48 miles of canals putting nets 01:19.050 --> 01:23.030 and about 270 miles of roads within this one timed of elemental 01:23.030 --> 01:26.530 boondoggle which sold swamp land unsuspecting outsiders literally 01:26.530 --> 01:29.830 over the phone sits a vacant after the original developers went 01:29.830 --> 01:33.150 bankrupt in the mid 19 seventies were cartons at different times 01:33.150 --> 01:33.770 a makers. 01:34.330 --> 01:39.960 We're talking about 10 of 17000 landowners. He twenties coleson partial. 01:40.640 --> 01:43.970 Love is an area of failing cypress forest susceptible to nine 01:43.970 --> 01:47.580 native in basis species intents force fires and an ecosystem 01:47.580 --> 01:50.510 and serious need of restoration two of the main reasons for the 01:50.510 --> 01:53.350 failing health of they undeveloped land of the roads and canals 01:53.350 --> 01:54.990 or put in by the developers. 01:55.550 --> 01:59.420 The road the sentry in blocked the sheet for that is essentially 01:59.420 --> 02:03.060 the key to was essentially creating the high bralo G. 02:03.590 --> 02:06.750 The to plant and animal communities in this area depend on. 02:07.430 --> 02:10.730 Holding them is the key to bringing back natural hydrolytic in 02:10.730 --> 02:13.590 order to do this the properly own land needed to be acquired 02:13.590 --> 02:16.760 and made publicly old people all over the world of bought these 02:16.760 --> 02:20.030 properties a lot of them had sought. They've lost or investment permanently. 02:20.530 --> 02:23.630 A us are the them the man can iffy. Well that took place over 02:23.630 --> 02:26.960 the decade a hunt dollis people down and purchase those properties 02:26.960 --> 02:31.050 was huge you get to where we are split all 20000 parcels back 02:31.050 --> 02:34.060 in the public holding the restoration efforts are moving forward 02:34.140 --> 02:37.660 for saber be of the restore they'd ecosystem by removing the 02:37.660 --> 02:40.230 plugging the canals of are out there from with evil roads and 02:40.230 --> 02:43.550 infrastructure the put out basically restoring the of landscape 02:43.550 --> 02:46.960 to the way. I was before uh the sub division was slated to go 02:46.960 --> 02:47.230 in there. 02:47.930 --> 02:50.580 In addition to removing the roads and filling in the canals in 02:50.580 --> 02:54.100 the picking stressed a force three pump stations are being belts 02:54.330 --> 02:57.740 ones complete betrayed pumps will draw water author canals protecting 02:57.740 --> 03:00.790 the developed portion of golden data States taking the water 03:00.790 --> 03:04.370 and then creating a natural chic flow the hall one time rooms 03:04.370 --> 03:07.670 constitutions news to maintain the train. 03:08.550 --> 03:13.540 In private lambs to the north's canal system draining. Of the 03:13.540 --> 03:17.640 golden the the state's is only designed to handle a 10 year floating 03:17.790 --> 03:21.470 and Uh the pump stations are designed hundred and build a hundred 03:21.470 --> 03:21.990 year flood of. 03:22.580 --> 03:25.170 We told the Everglades are realizing great success in action. 03:25.170 --> 03:28.050 Now according to the people closer the restoration effort. 03:28.100 --> 03:30.400 There is still plenty of work to be done. 03:31.030 --> 03:34.410 Make no mistake about this is just a stab and Everglades restoration 03:34.410 --> 03:37.790 there are eight lots of bake steps that after kurt over extended 03:37.790 --> 03:40.970 period time. You talkin' billions of dollars worth the work in 03:40.970 --> 03:44.040 a talking about decades of effort to to get where we need ago 03:44.370 --> 03:46.190 none of its core dunovich cheat. 03:46.960 --> 03:49.760 Uh and it's just it it's it's the steps that we're gonna have 03:49.760 --> 03:52.330 to go through to get to where we need to bake their this portion 03:52.330 --> 03:55.040 of the restoration effort the end result will bring this spot 03:55.070 --> 03:58.590 of the florida Everglades back to its pristine beauty teeming 03:58.590 --> 04:02.490 with natural wildlife and plants landscape is gonna go back to 04:02.520 --> 04:06.330 lobbying the swamp as opposed to a career high intra you gossip 04:06.330 --> 04:08.630 division very satisfying. 04:09.290 --> 04:10.630 To to that. 04:11.660 --> 04:14.090 We have been able to accomplish something. 04:14.790 --> 04:16.450 And of something that. 04:17.030 --> 04:18.870 Really stands a chance to them. 04:19.730 --> 04:22.790 Last june for a womb won't time really..