ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 1月1日 06時48分

Photos by Carlton Ward | Welcome to the Everglades Headwaters, where two worlds collide. Where ancient longleaf pines stand guard over biodiversity hotspots and a wild watershed bigger than some US states. Where new suburban sprawl pushes outwards from Orlando to accommodate 1000 new residents moving to Florida each day. Where fragile green threads, such as the Reedy Creek corridor, are squeezed tightly by development from both sides. Where Interstate 4, the deadliest road in America, threatens to become a concrete wall cutting the state of Florida in half, with only a few places left between Tampa and Orlando, such as Reedy Creek, where connected green space still touches both sides of the road. The Everglades Headwaters is also the next frontier for the northward recovery of the endangered Florida panther. But will the Everglades Headwaters become what biologist Joe Guthrie calls an ecological cul-de-sac? Or can we protect enough of the Florida Wildlife Corridor to keep the Everglades connected to the rest of Florida and America? The fate of these lands and all that depend on them will be determined by our conservation and development choices in the next few years. Organizations like The Nature Conservancy work hard to hold the line by protecting and restoring habitats, such as the pine forest in the first photo at their Disney Wilderness Preserve. And the Florida Wildlife Corridor campaign works to tell this story. Meanwhile suburban sprawl marches on and elected officials fail to adequately invest in conservation. My hope for the New Year is that the story of the Florida panther will show us what we need to do to save wild Florida, and ourselves. See the link in my bio @carltonward to learn more. @nature_org @joeguthrie8 @FL_WIldCorridor @insidenatgeo #PathofthePanther #FloridaWild #KeepFLWild

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