Massive project works to restore Florida's Everglades

Now we have lizards, snakes , bugs, and people that want to pave it or make it a bigger tourist money trap.

The sugar industry is a very large contributor to the tax base of the state. Don't cut your own throats

Us money is just funny money why not just invent fifty million dollars and use that?

Not bad for CBS.

$25 Billion So What! We have given Ukraine $200 Billion so Far. Don't forget about the $10 Trillion we spent on the 20 year War.

Pythons said; 'Hold my beer'

Billions of $$$$$$$ to rebuild a Florida Swamp? Hell, this is a major waste of time. As ocean levels keep rising, in 10 years the whole damn states gonna be the Worlds largest Water Park anyway.

I have no doubt that those who created the initial problem were convinced that they were making a better world for future generations. Just because we may believe that we are extremely smart, and have taken much into consideration future historians may end up having a very different different assessment of how smart we really were.

This will help Florida is so many ways wind, climate, ecological weakth

Well, that's great. But what are they going to do about the Pythons? From what I've read, a lot of the small game is disappearing due to the rapid expansion of pythons in the Everglades. So, by 2040, we'll have a healthy ecosystem with no animals.

The everglades is a swamp. Send the money to Ukraine, where individuals are fighting for their country's independence. I solve the worlds problems with a little common sense. NEXT!!!!

To actually restore the everglades, you would need to flood most of Florida south of Orlando. It all belongs underwater. 2' of it

Ofcourse they will blame the sugar industry and the farming community. Always blame the farmers. Always. Ridiculous building I75 called “Alligator Alley” was one of the worst things Florida could have done to disrupt the Everglades. But yeah blame the farmers.

AWESOME JOB DESANTIS!!

Keep the great work up

Not surprised that the sugar company, likely US SUGAR, didn’t wanna talk to him. It’s very powerful and influential in politics.

BTW, 50% off the sugar consumed in the United United States come from here, Florida.

Project or development 😂😂😂 cause we all know if it doesn’t bring money it ain’t worth it

What about the snakes ?

Army core of engineers f up everything they touch

such a shame it will be under the atlantic soon. i grew up in brevard county. florida is a good example of the externalized costs of unmitigated capitalist greed. the american way.

Interesting.

Wow this is a great story (restoration of the everglades) and all CBS can do now is fly around and show the reporter taking to experts... I know this story and you guys at CBS morning's have lost your way that"s why no-one is watching....

It's a swamp, florida is a swamp and a sinkhole, why restore what already is what it is, and is going to sink anyway? What a waste of money. The next thing is you have too many invasive species that eat everything native that exists that could make the glades regenerate into what it needs to be. ITS SINKING, ITS GOING TO BE SEAWATER SOON ANYWAY. WHY WASTE MONEY.

I hope they can see the value of keeping their state beautiful

How mych spent for admin opposed to actual work?? Vote no someone getting rich laundering money. Look at bbb or homeless

Developers should also be forced by law to pay to help fix the Everglades. I remember in the 1970s when the news was reporting on developer damage and shrinking of the area for home and business building on the fragile area.

CBS unnecessarily dramatic government propaganda. 😂😂😂

The fact that its 25billion over decades doesn't say much . Some places in the world has gotten that out of U.S taxpayers just over the last 2years .

Trump moves to Florida and everything DIES 😮 Army core of engineering at it again putting their foot on the throat of nature

So 25 billion dollars and it probably cost 500 million to actually do

Lifting Tamiami Trail will definitely be a BIG improvement towards restoring a more natural wet/dry season flow to the Everglades. Of course there’s more that’ll need to be done but it’s definitely going to help a lot

Raising Tamiami trail would be a big improvement and also imagine driving over the Everglades looking down

Oh you're worried about a carbon sponge but it's fine when we burn down the amazon rainforest for animal agriculture. Out of sight out of mind...

Florida should be given to Mexico 🇲🇽

Wonderful💕🌹

Waste of money until you run Dixie Sugar out of okeechobee and out of florida, that company is single handly the largest polluter of Florida. Red tide exist because of them and their coherent the Army Corps of engineers

The Sugar industry is by far the biggest polluter!

Raise Tamami all you want but there are multiple massive levies that are also blocking the flow including Alligator Alley

It is a shame that neither the reporter, the scientist, nor the indigenous representative talked about the impact of sea level rise on the Everglades. The incursion of salt water in the Everglades will have enormous impact on the ecosystem.

I shudder to think of how many Burmese pythons will be scrambling to get out of the way of heavy equipment and winding up in neighborhoods on lawns, roofs, in garages, at the school bus stop?

I blame my ancestors for this. We don't know how to live in harmony with nature like the natives did. We colonized this country and destroyed majority of the natural wonders in the US.

Native Americans are shaking their heads. I’m glad you included them in the report.

Though sugar cane is visible and easily blamed th major source of the pollution is the 3 to 5 million cows dumping waste, tons and tons, in the unseen vast tropical grasslands north of Okeechobee. This is big business for Florida. How is the millions of pounds of nitrogen, N, potassium, K and phosphorous, P, as well as organic waste prevented from entering the water shed.? Because of this source of nutrients, sugar cane farms have actually been able to cut back on some fertilizers.

And now we r going back to it.

Lake Okeechobee is the liquid heart of the everglades but has been sprayed to death by selective herbicides by FWC and Applied Aquatics. How about you do a story on that?

The everglades truly lets me feel God. It's a spiritual place for sure.

Yep golf courses and waterparks

This needs the money more than building golf courses and pickleball courts on state parks

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