Protecting Paradise: Collier County, Florida Conservation | Untold Stories | Florida History

In Collier County, Florida on the western edge of the Everglades, plume hunting, clear-cutting of ancient cypress trees, development of the "world's largest subdivision" and the "world's largest supersonic jetport" near Everglades National Park, inspired a groundswell of grassroots efforts to protect the vanishing wet wilderness.
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[@littlehummingbird1015]

I hope all their restoration plans come to fruition.....and in MY lifetime. I am 78 so maybe within 20 years.

[@DearProfessorRF]

It is supposed to finish in 2030 but who knows since this is a kind of experiment. I definitely hope you won’t take much longer.

[@DearProfessorRF]

Great documentary. It must be seen by everybody living or planning to live in Florida.
Had I known these facts I would have considered moving somewhere else for the sake of the protection of this wonder of the world.

[@deeelle697]

The guy from forensic files narrating this >

[@christineMaccallum-uo3qx]

Nature is amazing and different types of characters and chapters and other stories and facts and interesting event and other stuff and different types of interesting and fascinating events and other people and drama and other people and more excitement and more creepy stuff and their lives are more interesting and fascinating facts and different types of places and other stuff so listen and learn more enjoy 😜😁

[@BruceBerry-g4b]

This is pure bull. Yes they developed a lot of swamp, but there is so much swamp left its more than enough.
Dare anyone to hike thru the swamp and see if they survive. Its still huge. more than enough for anyone
to get lost, which they still do. And yes the Everglades are a tireless wasteland.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

what makes collier expensive today is not the deltonas its the perserves

[@alexmoore9580]

the preserves are vital, what makes Collier expensive is that everyone owns a massive suburban home, maybe if the county starts building tall instead of wide there'll be more housing units and lower prices as a result

[@pwhite2002]

Southern Life: what an idiotic comment bubba