The Everglades is a national park deemed priceless to the modern day dollar. It is a wetland so precious and amazing and we as humans only have one shot at preserving it.
I thoughts everyone understood how valuable the Everglades are but I was wrong. Majory Stoneman Douglas describes the Everglades to perfection as simple, enduring and hostile and today’s people should see our land in her eyes more often.
I believe the Everglades are simple to the eyes. The greens of grass cover massive amounts of miles and miles holding mystery to what lies in and on its soils. The Everglades are enduring by their persistence to survive and overcome human’s error. The hostility within contains the aggression of its animal life that poses a threat to humans.
With the Everglades posing as something simple, the land brings a calm feeling and clarity I have found the many times I have drove through the lands. At the same time, I have seen the alligators and snakes that this massive area holds … it is danger that turns things into excitement as well.
The most important word Douglas described the Everglades as though is ‘enduring’. People need to sustain the life of these wetlands in order to keep the survival of this national park. I believe if we all work hand in hand and realize the threats we as humans pose upon our environment, which ultimately is our society, start taking care of our homes better, we still will have a chance to save the Everglades.
I never realized until reading this piece and watching the videos of how many different species there are in the Everglades. I am sure I have only caught glance at a mire fraction of the amazement Douglas captured in her first visit in 1930. I hope more of our lands in the word become protected national parks like the Everglades and the word witnesses its glory.
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