Protecting Paradise: Collier County, Florida Conservation | Untold Stories

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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[@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.

[@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.

[@deeelle697]

The guy from forensic files narrating this >

[@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