TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) INTRODUCTION LETTER FROM THE EVERGLADES COORDINATING COUNCIL
3) INTRODUCTION OF TOM SHIRLEY - Recipient of the Florida Wildlife Federation
Outdoorsman of the Year Award for 1999
4) CHART OF RECOMMENDED SEASONAL WATER SCHEDULE DEPTHS FOR
EVERGLADES WATER CONSERVATION AREA 3A NORTH
5) SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT - CENTRAL & SOUTHERN FLORIDA
PROJECT
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW STUDY-WEB PAGE www.sfwmd.gov/
HYDROLOGIC PERFORMANCE MEASURES GRAPHICS
6) PICTURE OF TOM SHIRLEY STANDING NEXT TO OLD FIG TREE UPROOTED DUE TO
HIGH WATER LEVELS
7) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE-TITLE "THE EVERGLADES ARE DROWNING IN THEIR TEARS"
written by: DEXTER LEHTINEN- DATED JAN 20, 2000
8) LETTERS WRITTEN BY TOM SHIRLEY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WITH INFORMATION
AND PERTINENT DATA ABOUT THE EVERGLADES. TOM MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS
AND OBSERVATIONS USING HIS 40+ YEARS SPENT IN THE EVERGLADES
9) PHOTOS TAKEN IN 1957 SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THE TREE ISLAND KNOWN AS
"HENSCHEL'S HAMMOCK" AND PHOTOS TAKEN IN 1999 SHOWING HOW HIGH
WATER HAS DEGRADED THE TREE ISLAND OVER THE YEARS. PHOTOS SHOWING
THE WILDLIFE AND HOW HIGH WATER HAS ALL BUT ELIMINATED WILDLIFE
FROM THE EVERGLADES. PHOTOS SHOWING THE CURRENT WATER DEPTHS
IN THE PANTHER HABITAT AREA. PHOTOS SHOWING THE LARGE FLOCKS OF
BIRDS IN THE 1940 & 50'S AND HOW A RESTORED EVERGLADES COULD BE IF WE
MANAGE THE REMAINING EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM WITH AN ENFORCED
SEASONAL WATER FLOW AND DEPTHS TO TOM' S RECOMMENDATIONS.
10) LETTERS TO FLORIDA'S GOV JEB BUSH-JAN, MAR, AUG 1999- TOM ASKING FOR HELP
TO SAVE THE EVERGLADES FROM REPEATED HIGH WATER LEVELS
11) LETTER TO US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - SEP 1999 - JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
ACTUAL WATER TABLE RECORDS MAINTAINED BY SOUTH FLORIDA WATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT SHOWING THE WATER LEVELS IN THE WATER
CONSERVATION AREAS. ACTUALLY SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE WATER LEVELS (DEPTHS) AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EVERGLADES
ECOSYSTEM
12) LETTER FROM TOM SHIRLEY TO FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
OCT 1999-PROVIDING INFORMATION TO FFWCC WITH ACTUAL WATER LEVELS
READINGS, PHOTOS SHOWING WATER LINES ON EXISTING TREE ISLANDS,
PHOTOS OF DEAD DEER. COPY OF LETTER RECEIVED FM DR HARRIS, PROFESSOR
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA TO TOM THANKING HIM FOR HIS EFFORTS
13) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - YEAR 1966 - "FLOOD CONTROL CONFUSION ANKLE
DEEP" by JOHN PENNEKAMP
14) COPY OF PETITION - YEAR 1966 - SAVE THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES – SAME
PROBLEMS ONLY 35 YEARS AGO
15) NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - DEC 14, 1998 - MIAMI HERALD
"DEBUNK MYTHS ON EVERGLADES RESTORATION" by COL. TERRY RICE,
Retired US Army Corps of Engineers - Jacksonville District
16) MAP OF THE SOUTHERN EVERGLADES WATER CONSERVATION AREAS (WCA,S)
WCA1, 2A, 213, 3A & 3B
17) STATE OF FLORIDA - STATUS REPORT - SAVE OUR EVERGLADES - JUNE 1996
"PROTECT THE WATER CONSERVATION AREAS
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