South Florida Sun-Sentinel, July 25, 2024
The truth of the Everglades is often invisible from the ground. You see bushes, endless sawgrass, cypress trees, an occasional heron or gator. But you can’t discern the larger story of one of the most unique and endangered ecosystems on the planet.
To begin to read that story, you need elevation. Only then can you see nature’s braille, the vast textures and scars that reveal what the Everglades was, what it is, and what it could be.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel recently took a flight with Everglades Foundation chief science officer Stephen Davis and pilot Robert Decker of nonprofit LightHawk Conservation Flying so as to better read the Everglades at a moment when things are about to change.