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Big Sugar, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida’s Water
Recent years have seen voter mandates to the Florida Legislature to deal with Everglades protection, dramatic videos of Summer time green slime outbreaks on both of South Florida’s coasts, and considerable infighting in the Legislature over whether or not to deal with the growing crisis in South Florida’s water flow.
https://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2017/01/big-sugar-hires-64-lobbyists-again-in.html
http://wlrn.org/post/bittersweet-sugar-industry-south-florida
https://www.tradeonlytoday.com/2017/05/florida-legislature-approves-everglades-restoration-bill/
http://www.ussugar.com/
How has: http://dougcreates.com/dougcreates/Welcome.html used the cartoon at the top of this page to illustrate the current status of the quality of South Florida’s water flow? That is, how has he used the map, colors, shapes, etc. to tell this story?
Describe whether or not you think the illustration is accurate in its depiction. Use your textbook readings or the above articles/video to support your description. Describe and relate to current and past water flow patterns of South Florida.