Tamiami Trail Bridge First Step to Recovering Everglades Wading Birds

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Audubon Calls Tamiami Trail Bridge First Step to Recovering Everglades Wading Birds

posted on December 2, 2009 in Everglades

On Friday, Audubon and others will celebrate the beginning of work on a bridge over part of the historic Everglades allowing water to flow beneath Tamiami Trail. Audubon, whose scientists have studied wading birds and ecological conditions in the Everglades for over half a century, noted that the one-mile bridge is the beginning of efforts to restore habitats for abundant colonies of birds and other wildlife that the world’s most unique wetland system once supported.   read more....