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‘Black snow’: sugarcane burning makes our lives hell, Florida locals say

Fire and ash from burning cane fields has worsened health near Lake Okeechobee, US’s largest sugar-growing region

The Guardian - US · Jan 13, 2024

Asian swamp eels spread in the Everglades. ‘Potentially the worst species we’ve had yet’

For a crayfish in the Florida Everglades, its worst nightmare is three feet long, dark brown and pure muscle, with a mouth like a vacuum that sucks up nearly everything it can find — tiny fish, small shellfish, turtle eggs and frogs.

Miami Herald · Mar 30, 2023

Signs of Everglades recovery emerge. Long way to go but ‘trending in the right direction’

After decades of planning and pleading for political support and dollars to restore the Everglades, there are growing signs that the massive multibillion-dollar effort is beginning to “get the water right.”

Miami Herald · Mar 1, 2023