Editing Everglades (section)

===Kissimmee River===
The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project's final construction project was straightening the [[Kissimmee River]], a meandering {{convert|90|mi|km|adj=on}}-long river that was drained to make way for grazing land and agriculture. The C&SF started building the C-38 canal in 1962 and the effects were seen almost immediately. Waterfowl, wading birds, and fish disappeared, prompting conservationists and sport fishers to demand the region be restored before the canal was finished in 1971.<ref name="usgs1134">{{cite web| title = Environmental Setting: The Altered System| work = Circular 1134| publisher = U.S. Geological Survey| date = November 2, 2004| url = http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/circular/1134/esas/index.html| access-date = 2008-05-19| archive-date = May 13, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080513152849/http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/circular/1134/esas/index.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> In general, C&SF projects had been criticized for being temporary fixes that ignored future consequences, costing billions of dollars with no end in sight.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Davis | first1 = Jack | year = 2003 | title = 'Conservation is now a dead word': Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the transformation of American environmentalism | journal = Environmental History | volume = 8 | issue = 1| pages = 53–76 | doi=10.2307/3985972| jstor = 3985972 | s2cid = 145203614 }}</ref> After Governor [[Bob Graham]] initiated the Save Our Everglades campaign in 1983, the first section of the canal was backfilled in 1986. Graham announced that by 2000 the Everglades would be restored as closely as possible to its pre-drainage state.<ref name="angier">{{cite magazine| last = Angier| first = Natalie| title = Now You See It, Now You Don't| magazine = Time| date = August 6, 1984| url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921744,00.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090512091505/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,921744,00.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = May 12, 2009| access-date = 2008-05-20}}</ref> The Kissimmee River Restoration project was approved by Congress in 1992. It is estimated that it will cost $578&nbsp;million to convert only {{convert|22|mi|km}} of the canal. The entire project was to be complete by 2011,<ref name="krrstate">{{cite web| title = Kissimmee River History| publisher = Florida Department of Environmental Protection| year = 2006| url = http://www.dep.state.fl.us/evergladesforever/about/history.htm| access-date = 2008-05-19}}</ref> yet {{as of|2017|lc=y}}, the project is "more than halfway complete" and the new completion date is 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental/Ecosystem-Restoration/Kissimmee-River-Restoration/|title=Kissimmee River Restoration|website=www.saj.usace.army.mil|access-date=2017-04-07}}</ref>