Douglas

Stoneman Douglas 

When reading the nature of the everglades, I felt as if I would know everything he was about to say. Growing up in Florida you always hear about the everglades, in school and out of school. We learn about the animals, how the everglades came about and how we need to better preserve them. As I began reading I already started to learn new things, even from the very first line, "There are no other everglades in the world." I did not even realize how important it would be to preserve the everglades until that line came about, we have the only one in the world. Other things came up early on that I was shocked I did not know "The everglades begin at Lake Okeechobee.” Later through the book, I enjoyed reading about the animals but most of all the panthers. “The pale colored lithe beautiful panthers that feed on deer,” I knew that the Florida panther roamed around our state, but I didn’t realize they would wonder into the everglades. The animals that spark my mind about the everglades are of course, alligators, snakes, fish, and birds, nothing about big cats and panthers are just one of these cats, the everglades also have wildcats! Though this section was a little longer than the others, I enjoyed reading and learning about my state and the everglades.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades