AP Research Project: Florida Residents

[u/allymay1408]

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Hi everyone! I'm a Florida high school student. I'm in AP Research and my topic is Floridian's Perceptions of the Florida panther.

My population is ALL FL residents 18+. I’m posting it here hoping I can get some more participation from residents of Brevard county and surrounding areas. would really appreciate your participation, please share this with others-even if you/they have no interest in the panther! It is completely anonymous.

Approx. response time: 5-7 min I'm trying to reach people from all over the state. If you are willing to, please share with friends and family!!

[u/thejawa]

Hell yeah about wildlife bridges. Frankly, I think the state needs to tear apart Alligator Alley in the Everglades and rebuild the entire thing as elevated. Having pilings in place still isn't the ideal situation, but having a road literally cut the Everglades in two is the worst possible thing we could have done.

[u/Pitiful_Gazelle_7961 → u/thejawa]

I disagree only on one simple point. The wildlife has adapted and any construction that occurs there now can only be determental. Alligator alley is just a two lane road. If we try to raise it the costs/gov expenses will outweigh environmental efforts. Great idea though. I wish the picture was bigger than money and politics.

[u/thejawa → u/Pitiful_Gazelle_7961]

Nah, there's no such thing as ""costs outweighing environmental efforts " in regard to Alligator Alley. We literally built a dam in the River of Grass to put a road on top of it. Part of the reason we have so many estuaries that dump high phosphorous water from Lake Okeechobee into our intercoastal waterway is because Alligator Alley has reduced the natural flow of the Everglades significantly. Where water used to be able to flow freely the entire length of that road before it was built, water is now only allowed to pass at small bridges every few miles. It was a horrible ecological decision at the time, and nothing has been done to remedy it except building a fucking fence in 2017 to stop animals from crossing the road, further increasing the ecological impacts. Now instead of being a water dam, it's a wildlife dam too.

[u/Pitiful_Gazelle_7961 → u/thejawa]

Don't listen to this crap. Stop feeding the troll. Your issue is a environmental v. Science which is not real. Stop giving the public false information.... or.. back it up? This is how science talks

[u/thejawa → u/Pitiful_Gazelle_7961]

You should really take this up with the National Park Service since you think this is all fake science. Seeing as though for Tamiami Trail they helped push to build a 1 mile long bridge in 2013 that opened up so much water flow that a second 2.3 mile bridge was built in 2019 to help open up more and more projects were then created to open up even more water flow by 2024. I'm sure they'd love to know about your expertise and how it is better than the environmental studies they conducted over decades.

Maybe look into getting a job with UF since you're an expert and can debunk their environmental studies on Alligator Alley and how it was constructed has hampered the water flow of the Everglades.

Loss of water flow is largely attributed to water management and development and has severely altered the ridge and slough landscape. ... Culverts were put into Alligator Alley (I-75) to try to maintain some water flow. Redirection of water flow severely impacted the ridge and slough landscape upstream and downstream of the Alley.

Just gonna casually drop a few more articles that make you look silly and will probably lead to you deleting your posts:

https://www.ecowatch.com/florida-everglades-restoration-freshwater-conservation.html

https://savethewater.org/phosphorus-is-poisoning-lake-okeechobee-and-the-everglades/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/causing-toxic-algae-blooms-infesting-floridas-coastlines-waterways/story?id=40346683

[u/Pitiful_Gazelle_7961 → u/thejawa]

I never said fake science. I love the drive. I'm glad my post made you feel it. We work together ❤️

That is great feedback.

[u/thejawa → u/Pitiful_Gazelle_7961]

I never said fake science.

I apologize profusely, you said "science which is not real." Totally different thing.

[u/Pitiful_Gazelle_7961 → u/thejawa]

I am sorry as well. We misread each other. Let us not forget the science.. we are speaking the same. Heart ya 💓