佛罗里达州和联邦政府支持大型项目以清理大沼泽地
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Some experts say damage to the Everglades ecosystem began when a highway connecting the cities of Tampa and Miami in Florida was built in 1928.
一些专家表示，大沼泽地生态系统的破坏始于1928年佛罗里达州修建连接坦帕和迈阿密两市的高速公路之时。
The Everglades are a huge wetland at the southern end of the state of Florida.
大沼泽地是佛罗里达州南端一片广阔的湿地。
The highway cut through an area made up of grasses, marshes, freshwater ponds and forested lands.
这条公路穿过一片由草地、沼泽、淡水池塘和林地构成的区域。
But now, efforts to return Everglades National Park to a wilder state have taken shape after years of work and billions of dollars.
但如今，经过多年的努力和数十亿美元的投入，将大沼泽地国家公园恢复至更原始状态的工作已初见成效。
A huge state-federal project aims to undo damage to the wetlands.
一个庞大的州与联邦合作项目旨在修复湿地所遭受的破坏。
Eve Samples is executive director of Friends of the Everglades, a nonprofit group based in Florida.
伊芙·桑普尔斯是佛罗里达州非营利组织“大沼泽地之友”的执行董事。
She said, "This is the biggest, most complicated and most expensive ecosystem restoration project in the world. It’s really important that we get it right."
她说：“这是世界上规模最大、最复杂、耗资最多的生态系统恢复项目。我们一定要把它做好，这至关重要。”
The project has continued for over 20 years.
该项目已持续了20多年。
Observers say wildlife is returning to some areas, there are fewer invasive trees, and people have good feelings about the changes.
观察员称，野生动物正在回归某些地区，入侵树种减少，人们对这些变化感到满意。
The Everglades supports threatened species, protects against storm damage, and provides drinking water for millions of people in South Florida.
大沼泽地支持着受威胁物种，抵御风暴破坏，并为南佛罗里达数百万人提供饮用水。
Development and agriculture have drained water that once flowed freely through the Everglades.
开发和农业发展耗尽了曾经自由流淌于大沼泽地的水源。
Invasive plants and animals have changed the land.
入侵的动植物改变了这片土地。
Too much phosphorus, mainly from agriculture, has harmed water quality.
过多的磷主要来自农业，已经损害了水质。
The cost of efforts to repair the Everglades is more than $23 billion.
修复大沼泽地所需的费用超过230亿美元。
Those efforts could take 50 years to complete.
这些努力可能需要50年才能完成。
Today, water quality has improved, but there are still problems.
如今，水质已有所改善，但仍存在问题。
Since 2019, the South Florida Water Management District has worked on about 70 projects.
自2019年以来，南佛罗里达水资源管理区已开展了约70个项目。
In 2024, lawmakers approved $1.3 billion in spending over the next 12 months for restoration efforts.
2024年，立法者批准在接下来的12个月内为恢复工作支出13亿美元。
That is the largest amount approved so far.
这是迄今为止批准的最大金额。
Cleaning the water
清洁水
One project is to the northwest of Miami.
一个项目位于迈阿密的西北部。
Workers are replacing sugarcane fields.
工人们正在取代甘蔗田。
The goal is to supply clean freshwater to the Everglades.
目标是为大沼泽地供应清洁的淡水。
When the $3.9 billion Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project is complete, a reservoir and wetland will store and clean polluted water from Lake Okeechobee in central Florida before it goes into the southern Everglades.
当耗资39亿美元的沼泽地农业区水库项目完工时，一座水库和湿地将会储存并净化来自佛罗里达中部奥基乔比湖的受污染水体，然后再将其送入南部沼泽地。
Jennifer Reynolds is the director of ecosystem restoration and capital projects for the water district.
詹妮弗·雷诺兹是水区生态恢复和资本项目的主任。
"It's about getting the water right for the natural habitats and also to sustain the population of people who live and recreate here."
这关乎为自然栖息地提供适宜的水资源，同时也为了维持在这里生活和休闲的人们的生计。
Climate and development threats
气候与发展威胁
Data show the water quality of the area around Lake Okeechobee is very good although phosphorous levels are rising a little with increased water flow.
数据显示，奥基乔比湖周边地区的水质非常好，尽管随着水流增加，磷含量略有上升。
In the recent past, phosphorous pollution threatened water quality in the Everglades.
最近，磷污染威胁着大沼泽地的水质。
But measurements downstream tell a different story.
但下游的测量结果却讲述了另一个故事。
Salinity levels, or how much salt is in the water, have gone up.
盐度水平，即水中盐分的含量，已经上升了。
This suggests to some people that a rise in sea level and saltwater intrusion are increasing.
这在一些人看来意味着海平面上升和盐水入侵正在加剧。
South Florida is in danger from storms and sea level rise.
南佛罗里达面临风暴和海平面上升的危险。
Some people estimate that the sea level in the area will rise as much as 1.2 meters by 2100.
一些人估计，到2100年，该地区的海平面将上升多达1.2米。
Some signs of progress
一些进步的迹象
In western Florida, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians says they see a change.
在西佛罗里达州，米科苏基印第安部落表示他们看到了一种变化。
Betty Osceola is an environmental activist and tribe member.
贝蒂·奥西奥拉是一位环保活动家，也是部落成员。
The tribe says its ancestral tree islands have been flooded by water mismanagement.
该部落表示，其祖传的树岛因水资源管理不善而被洪水淹没。
That hurts the plants and animals they use.
这伤害了他们所使用的植物和动物。
Other areas are drier and face polluted water and wildfires.
其他地区则更为干燥，面临水污染和野火的问题。
"Restoration efforts are mainly to benefit Everglades National Park," said Osceola.
奥西奥拉说：“恢复工作主要是为了造福大沼泽地国家公园。”
"So maybe the national park sees benefits, but at the sacrifice to the tribe."
所以也许国家公园从中受益，但这是以牺牲部落为代价的。
The tribe supports the Western Everglades Restoration Project.
该部落支持西大沼泽地恢复项目。
The tribe recently signed an agreement with the National Park Service that gives it more control over the area.
该部落最近与国家公园管理局签署了一项协议，赋予其对该地区更多的控制权。
Work started last summer on the project's first major feature.
去年夏天，该项目的首个主要功能开始动工。
The Everglades' future
大沼泽地的未来
Michael Kennedy-Yoon is from New York state.
迈克尔·肯尼迪-尹来自纽约州。
Recently, he was in the Everglades looking for wildlife.
最近，他在大沼泽地寻找野生动物。
He saw a soft shell turtle, two alligators, a bird, called the anhinga, a night heron and a swallow-tailed kite.
他看到了一只软壳龟、两只短吻鳄、一只名叫蛇鹈的鸟、一只夜鹭和一只燕尾鸢。
"I think that preserving and conserving wildlife and wildlife areas is some of the best and most useful uses of our taxpayer money," Kennedy-Yoon said.
肯尼迪-尹表示：“我认为，保护和保存野生动物及野生动物区域是我们纳税人资金最好、最有用的用途之一。”
Restoring and protecting the Everglades for recreation and its wildlife is a very important issue to many people.
恢复和保护大沼泽地，以供休闲娱乐并维护其野生动物，对许多人来说是一个非常重要的问题。
Samples from Friends of the Everglades said there is a need to build climate resiliency in Florida.
来自“大沼泽地之友”的样本表明，佛罗里达州有必要增强气候适应能力。
She noted the words of writer and conservationist Marjory Stoneman Douglas: "The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet."
她引用了作家兼环保主义者马乔里·斯通曼·道格拉斯的话：“大沼泽地是一场考验。如果我们通过了，我们或许还能保住这个星球。”
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Dorany Pineda and Rebecca Blackwell reported this story for the Associated Press.
多拉尼·皮内达和丽贝卡·布莱克韦尔为美联社报道了这一故事。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
