Rising water in Everglades threatens wildlife
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 12:28
in Earth & Climate
The Everglades are drowning. Canals along Alligator Alley have spilled over banks into roadside swales. Deer have been driven from flooded-out tree islands to strips of dry ground - mostly canal levees, but a few have even been spotted on the porches of empty hunting cabins.