Prior to drainage and development, the Everglades was a mosaic of sawgrass marsh ridges, wet prairies and deepwater sloughs dotted with elevated tree islands that numbered in the thousands.
The Central Everglades Planning Project — North is an ambitious ecological restoration project designed to restore more natural freshwater flows into and through the central and southern Everglades. As part of this project, vegetated hammocks modeled after tree islands will be constructed to help provide habitat for wildlife and restore a more natural flow of water.
The documentary below takes you behind the scenes as scientists, engineers and other experts work together to incorporate the latest science into the design and construction of these restored areas.
This video was created by Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Environmental Studies, which manages The Invading Sea and RECOVER, with funding from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystem Sciences Program. The Center for Environmental Studies manages The Invading Sea.
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