

The Battle over Big Water
BATTLEGROUND EVERGLADES explores the struggle to save one of the world's most revered wetlands: Florida's Everglades. Devastated by a century of drainage and development, the entire Everglades watershed is suffering from man-made pollution, habitat destruction, and species decline. Many of these challenges are also facing other wetlands and waterways across the nation.

The Battle over Big Water
Battleground Everglades Episode 103 | 26m 53s | CC
Enormous challenges face the liquid heart of the Everglades's, Lake Okeechobee. New restoration efforts to reverse the damage done from harnessing nature in the name of progress may save the wetlands yet.