An Environmental Study Area: Long Pine Key

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An Environmental Study Area: Long Pine Key

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Everglades National Park (Agency : U.S.)

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Established in 1947, the park's original boundaries contained 460,000 acres. Subsequent increases increased its size to 1,509,000 acres, including most of Florida Bay. The most recent addition came in 1989 when Congress added 109,506 acres in the East Everglades area of the park which included a portion of the Northeast Shark River Slough, a waterway that was critical for the protection of park resources and hydrologic restoration. The park stretched more than sixty miles north-to-south and f...