Background Original Everglades East Coast Protective Levee Lake Okeechobee Everglades Agricultural Area Water Conservation Areas Shark River Slough Activism

EAST COAST PROTECTIVE LEVEE
At the eastern edge of the Everglades, a levee was constructed to stop water from flowing east. Canals were dug from the levee to the ocean to drain the water. With this land no longer flooded, it could be used for agriculture. This particular land is now covered with urban development. The East Coast Protective Levee isolated 160 square miles of Everglades and severed an additional 775 square miles of tributary watershed.

Main | History | Restoration
Environmentalist Perspective | Agriculture Perspective
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