Objectives

  1. Endangered Species
  2. Wetlands - local effect
  3. Traffic Safety
  4. Personal Safety
  5. Crime
  6. Regional Impact
  7. Canopy lost effects
  8. Property values

inputs & outputs

Endangered Species & us

There are two animals documented in this specific wetland that the city of Coconut Creek, Florida wants to allow a  developer (Regency) to pave over, for pure corporate profit.  Your voice and/or your vote is  the only weapon at our disposal that will be heard on a government level, to  help save them.  

We recently filmed  (Youtube) the Wood Stork near by and have photos of them on the Cocomar Canal.

When they are gone ,  they will never return, even after the businesses fail.  First step to help? - sign our petition.

WOOD STORK (Endangered  List)
A large, long-legged, white wading bird with an unfeathered gray head and a stout dark bill. It is the only species of true stork breeding in the United States.  Wood storks frequent freshwater and brackish wetlands, feeding primarily on small fishes which they locate by groping with their beaks. The wood stork usually nests in cypress and mangrove swamps. The U.S. breeding population of the wood stork declined from an estimated 20,000 pairs in the 1930’s to about 10.000 pairs by 1960. Since 1978, fewer than 5,000 pairs have bred each year. If this trend continues, it is predicted that the U.S. breeding population of the wood stork will be near extinction by the turn of the century.


EASTERN INDIGO SNAKE (Threatened List)
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: The Service determines
the eastern indigo snaketo be a Threatened
species. This action is being taken because
of the threats of habitat modification,
collection for the pet trade,and gassing while in gopher tortoise burrows, and this action provides Federal protection for the species. The eastern indigo snake is known only from Florida and
Georgia.


  1. What does “endangered” mean? A species that is in immediate danger of becoming extinct and needs protection to survive.
  2. How did the wood stork become endangered? Wetlands loss.
  3. What are the main reason most species become endangered?
                (1)  habitat loss,
                (2)  unregulated or illegal killing or collection,

4. The wood storks  are endangered because of ecosystem disturbance and wetlands loss.


7. What is an ecosystem?
All living things and their environment in an area of any size, linked together by energy and nutrient flow.

8. What can happen if one species becomes extinct?
One effect is that “the removal of one species can set off a chain reaction affecting other species,…It has been estimated that a disappearing plant can take with it up to 30 other species,
including insects, higher animals, and even other plants. Endangered species are the fire alarms telling us that the living things being affected include us.”

9. What are some of the provisions of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)?
The ESA of 1973 established the national wildlife refuge system, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, to overlook over 500 refuges with over 90 million acres for the conservation of endangered species,
ecosystems, and natural diversity. The ESA and its scientists protect more than 900 species of plants and animals in
the U.S., and more than 530 species worldwide. The act has made it illegal to import, export, or sell animals and plants
on the list across state lines. It is also illegal to kill, harm, harass, possess, or take protected animals from the wild without a special permit.

10. How can you help?
Some of the ways to help include: learn as much as you can about the endangered species in your area; visit a nearby
national wildlife refuge or nature center; volunteer to help; do not buy species that have been taken from the wild; do
not buy products made of threatened and endangered wild animals.
Work with your local communities to fight the pilferage of wetlands and the ecosystems they provide.