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player ready...Record rainfall in early June has created high water conditions in the Everglades posing a danger to wildlife its habitat and plant life.
High water threatens Everglades
Susan Stocker / Sun Sentinel
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Ron Bergon and Executive Director Nick Wiley address the media at a tree island camp in the Everglades to demonstrate the danger high water levels pose to wildlife, the habitat and plant life. Record summer rainfall in early June has caused the high water level and Gov. Rick Scott issued an emergency order to move water out of the Everglades water conservation areas.