Back to Story
Canals run past the site, top right, where sugar cane fields are being converted into the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, intended to store polluted water from Lake Okeechobee and agricultural runoff until it can be cleaned in a stormwater treatment area, bottom right, and released to flow south into the Everglades, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in South Bay, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Canals run past the site, top right, where sugar cane fields are being converted into the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, intended to store polluted water from Lake Okeechobee and agricultural runoff until it can be cleaned in a stormwater treatment area, bottom right, and released to flow south into the Everglades, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in South Bay, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A great blue heron flies inside Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A great blue heron flies inside Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work on the construction of the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, intended to store polluted water from Lake Okeechobee and agricultural runoff so it can be cleaned in an adjacent stormwater treatment area before being released to flow south into the Everglades, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in South Bay, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work on the construction of the Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir, intended to store polluted water from Lake Okeechobee and agricultural runoff so it can be cleaned in an adjacent stormwater treatment area before being released to flow south into the Everglades, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in South Bay, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Men fish in Florida Bay from the shoreline of Florida's Everglades National Park, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Men fish in Florida Bay from the shoreline of Florida's Everglades National Park, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An anhinga dries its wings in a tree standing amid lily pad-covered waters, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Everglades National Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An anhinga dries its wings in a tree standing amid lily pad-covered waters, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Everglades National Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An alligator glides through the water in Florida's Everglades National Park, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An alligator glides through the water in Florida's Everglades National Park, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Visitors walk down a ramp after climbing Shark Valley observation point in Everglades National Park, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Visitors walk down a ramp after climbing Shark Valley observation point in Everglades National Park, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University professor John Kominoski collects a water sample in Shark River Slough during a trip to gather samples and maintain automatic sampling equipment in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University professor John Kominoski collects a water sample in Shark River Slough during a trip to gather samples and maintain automatic sampling equipment in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Naturalist tour guide Richard Petrosky speaks to visitors as fellow guide Juan Macias steers the tram through several inches of water covering long stretches of the path in the Shark Valley area of Florida's Everglades National Park, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Naturalist tour guide Richard Petrosky speaks to visitors as fellow guide Juan Macias steers the tram through several inches of water covering long stretches of the path in the Shark Valley area of Florida's Everglades National Park, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University professor John Kominoski, left, and research specialist Rafael Travieso travel by airboat through Shark River Slough on their way to collect water samples and maintain automatic sampling equipment in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University professor John Kominoski, left, and research specialist Rafael Travieso travel by airboat through Shark River Slough on their way to collect water samples and maintain automatic sampling equipment in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Sections of the Tamiami Trail which have been replaced with bridges to allow water to flow freely into Everglades National Park, at left, are seen from the air during a flight donated by LightHawk over the Everglades in southern Florida, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Sections of the Tamiami Trail which have been replaced with bridges to allow water to flow freely into Everglades National Park, at left, are seen from the air during a flight donated by LightHawk over the Everglades in southern Florida, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University professor John Kominoski, right, and research specialist Rafael Travieso adjust automatic water sampling equipment in Shark River Slough in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University professor John Kominoski, right, and research specialist Rafael Travieso adjust automatic water sampling equipment in Shark River Slough in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida's Everglades are seen from the air during a flight donated by LightHawk, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida's Everglades are seen from the air during a flight donated by LightHawk, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Naturalist tour guide Juan Macias is reflected in the tram's mirror as a tourist photographs an alligator in the Shark Valley area of Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Naturalist tour guide Juan Macias is reflected in the tram's mirror as a tourist photographs an alligator in the Shark Valley area of Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University research specialist Rafael Travieso wades through hip deep water in Shark River Slough to collect water samples in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida International University research specialist Rafael Travieso wades through hip deep water in Shark River Slough to collect water samples in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Florida red-bellied cooter eats a spatterdock bud in Florida's Everglades National Park, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Florida red-bellied cooter eats a spatterdock bud in Florida's Everglades National Park, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Tourists look for wildlife from a raised walkway in Everglades National Park, Fla., Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Tourists look for wildlife from a raised walkway in Everglades National Park, Fla., Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Seaweed lines the shore of Florida Bay, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Everglades National Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Seaweed lines the shore of Florida Bay, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Everglades National Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An immature white ibis eats a crab on the shore of Florida Bay, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Everglades National Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An immature white ibis eats a crab on the shore of Florida Bay, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Everglades National Park, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The sun sets over cypress trees in Everglades National Park, Fla., Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The sun sets over cypress trees in Everglades National Park, Fla., Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Housing developments are seen amid artificial lakes on the western side of Miami, Friday, May 17, 2024, during a flight donated by LightHawk over parts of the vast Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Housing developments are seen amid artificial lakes on the western side of Miami, Friday, May 17, 2024, during a flight donated by LightHawk over parts of the vast Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An alligator crosses a path at night in the Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An alligator crosses a path at night in the Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An alligator chases away a pair of turkey vultures in the Shark Valley area of Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

An alligator chases away a pair of turkey vultures in the Shark Valley area of Florida's Everglades National Park, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A park employee collecting water quality samples stands atop the pontoon of an Everglades National Park amphibious helicopter, after it landed on Shark River Slough in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A park employee collecting water quality samples stands atop the pontoon of an Everglades National Park amphibious helicopter, after it landed on Shark River Slough in Florida's Everglades National Park, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)