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Everglades Fact Gross Area Acres for FY 2004 - 1,508,538 In 1916, the Royal Palm State Park, on Paradise Key, was created as the first protected area in the Everglades. On May 30, 1934, an Act was passed authorizing a park of 2,164,480 acres (875,953 hectares) to be acquired through public or private donation. The largest continuous stand of sawgrass prairie in North America The most significant breeding grounds for tropical wading birds in North America Over 230,100 acres (93,100 hectares) of mangrove forest; the largest mangrove ecosystem in the western hemisphere A nationally significant estuarine complex in Florida Bay A significant ethnographic resources, revealing 2,000 years of human occupation READ MORE AT: http://www.nps.gov/ever/ EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK Government Websites are to READ-SHARE-AWARE

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No choices are more important than those we make about the environment - and few are more complex and challenging. Yet the actions we take can have a permanent, powerful impact, upon human well-being and the face of nature on earth. The Environmental Literacy Council is dedicated to helping citizens, especially young people, participate wisely in this arena. An independent, non-profit organization, the Council gives teachers the tools to help students develop environmental literacy: a fundamental understanding of the systems of the world, both living and non-living, along with the analytical skills needed to weigh scientific evidence and policy choices. READ+SHARE=AWARE Environmental Literacy.

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Creating Community Conversations to Enhance Family Literacy