While the idea of the reading was interesting at first, it
unfortunately became very dull and boring for me. The reading discussed the
politics behind the Everglades and went through every painstaking detail about
the process. Although it is a good thought to bring together nature and
politics Grunwald did not accomplish writing a good article. I am not exactly a
huge political fan so I would assume that has played a big part in my dislike
for this reading. Due to the fact that this article was more of a political
history lesson than a story I found if EXTREMELY difficult to find quotes that
discuss my feelings because everything is so factual and this leaves me very
little room to discuss so I will give my BEST effort to make a good blog out of
this. On the plus side I would recommend Grunwald’s writing to anyone who has
trouble sleeping because this will put anyone out!
A Time to Act (Grunwald 78)
Discussing the 2000 Everglades Coalition conference this
part of the reading discussed the conference in which activists attempted to
have a restoration project passed. It was believed that the decisions that were
made at this particular conference would be the deciding factor on the
restoration of the Everglades for decades to come. From what I gathered they
were protesting against the construction of an airport and an everglades
restoration on top of that but in the end it was deemed that the airports
construction would not hinder the restoration of the Everglades so both the
airport construction and the restoration project were passed.
(https://www.google.com/search?q=boring+politics&espv=2&biw=1440&bih=775&source)
“Consensus Was the Only Way to Do This” (Grunwald 84)
This section followed up on the first and quickly began
stating that the restoration project wasn’t going along as promised. The
government wasn’t giving the restorers everything they were guaranteed so this
forced them to get together and once again fight to get support for the
everglades restoration. At the end of
the read almost everyone eventually agreed to a CERP plan.
The Everglades Is Coming (Grunwald 91)
In the final part of the read it was all up to Congress to
approve of the newfound plan. Slowly passing through different branches of
government it finally made it to the House of Representatives and the mission’s
future was in its hands. In the end the airport was rejected and the plan went
through. Grunwald closes by mentioning that it’s not always about money but
peoples care for the environment which I thought was a good piece to add.
At the end of the day this read covered an extremely
important part of history that every Florida native should be aware of. Unfortunately
Grunwald made this read very slow and boring and could’ve done a much better
job. Making it less wordy and emphasizing the relationship between politics and
nature would’ve made this read a 10/10.
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