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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.56,0:00:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've had the great privilege
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.64,0:00:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of traveling to some incredible places,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.08,0:00:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photographing these distant landscapes\Nand remote cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.34,0:00:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.79,0:00:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.24,0:00:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a great job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.21,0:00:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have the best job, I think, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.86,0:00:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But people often get this inflated idea\Nabout what they think it is that I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.62,0:00:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think it's this string of epiphanies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.66,0:00:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sunrises and rainbows,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.38,0:00:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when in reality,\Nit looks more something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.64,0:00:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.89,0:00:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my office.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.57,0:00:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't afford the fanciest places\Nto stay at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.23,0:00:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we tend to sleep a lot outdoors.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.46,0:01:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as we can stay dry,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.89,0:01:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's fine, that's a plus,\Nthat's a bonus.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.74,0:01:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also can't afford\Nthe fanciest restaurants.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.17,0:01:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we tend to eat\Nwhatever's on the local menu.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.54,0:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're in the Ecuadorian Páramo,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.64,0:01:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to eat\Na large rodent called a cuy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.43,0:01:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.08,0:01:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot worse than it looks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.45,0:01:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.87,0:01:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what makes our experiences\Nperhaps a little bit different
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.71,0:01:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a little more unique\Nthan that of the average person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.46,0:01:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we have this gnawing thing\Nin the back of our mind
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.94,0:01:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even in our darkest moments,\Nand those times of despair,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.88,0:01:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think, "Hey, there might be\Nan image to be made here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.80,0:01:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there might be a story to be told."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.66,0:01:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is storytelling important?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.01,0:01:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it helps us to connect with our\Ncultural and our natural heritage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.56,0:01:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the Southeast,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.75,0:01:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's an alarming disconnect\Nbetween the public
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.83,0:01:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the natural areas that allow\Nus to be here in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.27,0:02:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're visual creatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.50,0:02:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we use what we see\Nto teach us what we know.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.27,0:02:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the majority of us\Naren't going to willingly go
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.70,0:02:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way down to a swamp.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.14,0:02:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how can we still expect\Nthose same people to then advocate
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.76,0:02:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of their protection?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.91,0:02:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.11,0:02:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my job, then, is to use my camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.31,0:02:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use photography\Nas a communication tool,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.35,0:02:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help bridge the gap\Nbetween the science and the aesthetics,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get people talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.02,0:02:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get them thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.41,0:02:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to hopefully, ultimately,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.09,0:02:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get them caring.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.34,0:02:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started doing this 15 years ago\Nright here in Gainesville,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.28,0:02:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right here in my backyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.17,0:02:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I fell in love\Nwith adventure and discovery,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.05,0:02:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to explore\Nall these different places
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.58,0:02:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were just minutes\Nfrom my front doorstep.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.89,0:02:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are a whole lot here, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.84,0:02:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a lot\Nof beautiful places to find.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.57,0:02:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite all these years that have passed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.90,0:02:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my child-like fascination\Nwith the natural world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.99,0:02:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has never fully matured.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.10,0:03:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still see the world\Nthrough the eyes of a child
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I try to incorporate\Nthat sense of wonderment
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.89,0:03:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that sense of curiosity\Ninto my photography
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.60,0:03:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as often as I can.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.51,0:03:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're pretty lucky\Nbecause here in the South,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.83,0:03:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're still blessed\Nwith a relatively blank canvas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.92,0:03:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can fill with the most\Nfanciful adventures
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.13,0:03:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and incredible experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.60,0:03:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a matter of how far\Nour imagination will take us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.76,0:03:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, a lot of people\Nlook at this and they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.98,0:03:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh yeah, wow, that's a pretty tree."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.78,0:03:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't just see a tree...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.28,0:03:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at this and I see opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.02,0:03:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see an entire weekend.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.02,0:03:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when I was a kid,\Nthese were the types of images
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.67,0:03:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that peaked my curiosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.48,0:03:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that got me off the sofa\Nand dared me to explore,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.98,0:03:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dared me to go find the woods
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.44,0:03:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put my head underwater\Nand see what we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.13,0:03:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And folks, I've been photographing\Nall over the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.96,0:03:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I promise you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.32,0:03:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we have here in the South,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.84,0:03:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we have in the Sunshine State,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.55,0:04:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rivals anything else that I've seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.64,0:04:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yet our tourism industry is busy\Npromoting all the wrong things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.40,0:04:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before most kids are 12,\Nthey'll have been to Disney World
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.15,0:04:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more times than they've been in a canoe
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.14,0:04:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or camping under a starry sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.12,0:04:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have nothing against Disney\Nor Mickey; I used to go there, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.69,0:04:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're missing out on those\Nfundamental connections
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.37,0:04:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that create a real sense\Nof pride and ownership
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.62,0:04:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the place that they call home.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.55,0:04:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is compounded by the issue\Nthat the landscapes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.61,0:04:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that define our natural heritage
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.75,0:04:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fuel our aquifer\Nfor our drinking water
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.75,0:04:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been deemed as scary\Nand dangerous and spooky.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.63,0:04:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When our ancestors first came here,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.41,0:04:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they warned, "Stay out\Nof these areas, they're haunted.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.59,0:04:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're full of evil spirits and ghosts."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.79,0:04:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know where\Nthey came up with that idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.70,0:04:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's actually led\Nto a very real disconnect,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.36,0:04:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very real negative mentality
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.14,0:05:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has kept the public\Ndisinterested, silent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.75,0:05:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately, our environment at risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.42,0:05:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're a state that's surrounded\Nand defined by water,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.90,0:05:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet for centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.20,0:05:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,swamps and wetlands have been regarded
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.12,0:05:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as these obstacles to overcome.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.27,0:05:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we've treated them\Nas these second-class ecosystems,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.27,0:05:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have\Nvery little monetary value
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.56,0:05:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course, they're known\Nto harbor alligators and snakes...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.27,0:05:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which, I'll admit, these aren't\Nthe most cuddly of ambassadors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.59,0:05:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.75,0:05:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it became assumed, then,\Nthat the only good swamp
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.55,0:05:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a drained swamp.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.26,0:05:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.44,0:05:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,draining a swamp to make way\Nfor agriculture and development
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.87,0:05:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was considered the very essence\Nof conservation not too long ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.42,0:05:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now we're backpedaling,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.99,0:05:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the more we come to learn\Nabout these sodden landscapes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.37,0:05:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more secrets we're starting to unlock
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.36,0:05:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about interspecies relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.74,0:05:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the connectivity of habitats,\Nwatersheds and flyways.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.94,0:05:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take this bird, for example:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.95,0:06:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the prothonotary warbler.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.86,0:06:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this bird because\Nit's a swamp bird,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.07,0:06:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through and through, a swamp bird.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.80,0:06:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They nest and they mate and they breed\Nin these old-growth swamps
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.87,0:06:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these flooded forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.36,0:06:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so after the spring,\Nafter they raise their young,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.33,0:06:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they then fly thousand of miles\Nover the Gulf of Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.56,0:06:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Central and South America.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.91,0:06:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after the winter,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.18,0:06:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spring rolls around\Nand they come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.22,0:06:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They fly thousands of miles\Nover the Gulf of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.14,0:06:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where do they go? Where do they land?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.57,0:06:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right back in the same tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.79,0:06:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's nuts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.25,0:06:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a bird the size\Nof a tennis ball...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.62,0:06:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's crazy!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.32,0:06:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used a GPS to get here today,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.90,0:06:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is my hometown.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.59,0:06:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.88,0:06:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.37,0:06:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It probably says something \Nmore about me than about the bird.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.27,0:06:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happens, then, when this bird\Nflies over the Gulf of Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.99,0:06:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Central America for the winter
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.88,0:06:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the spring rolls around\Nand it flies back,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.34,0:07:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it comes back to this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.14,0:07:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a freshly sodded golf course?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.84,0:07:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a narrative\Nthat's all too commonly unraveling
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.46,0:07:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in this state.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.67,0:07:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a natural process\Nthat's occurred for thousands of years
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.96,0:07:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're just now learning about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.79,0:07:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can imagine all else\Nwe have to learn about these landscapes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.96,0:07:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we just preserve them first.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.02,0:07:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now despite all this rich life\Nthat abounds in these swamps,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.36,0:07:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they still have a bad name.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.73,0:07:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people feel uncomfortable\Nwith the idea of wading
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.42,0:07:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into Florida's blackwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.11,0:07:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can understand that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.92,0:07:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can understand it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.32,0:07:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I loved about growing up\Nin the Sunshine State
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.48,0:07:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that for so many of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.79,0:07:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we live with this latent\Nbut very palpable fear
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.60,0:07:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when we put our toes into the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.97,0:07:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there might be something much more ancient
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.97,0:07:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much more adapted than we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.96,0:07:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing that you're not top dog\Nis a welcomed discomfort, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.70,0:07:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often in this modern\Nand urban and digital age
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.69,0:08:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you actually get the chance\Nto feel vulnerable,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.36,0:08:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or consider that the world\Nmay not have been made for just us?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.55,0:08:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for the last decade,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.86,0:08:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began seeking out these areas\Nwhere the concrete yields to forest
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.28,0:08:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pines turn to cypress,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.48,0:08:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I viewed all these\Nmosquitoes and reptiles,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.15,0:08:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these discomforts,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.67,0:08:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as affirmations that I'd found\Ntrue wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.62,0:08:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I embrace them wholly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.81,0:08:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now as a conservation photographer\Nobsessed with blackwater,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.44,0:08:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's only fitting\Nthat I'd eventually end up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.58,0:08:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the most famous swamp of all:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.78,0:08:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Everglades.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.44,0:08:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up here in North Central Florida,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.44,0:08:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it always had these enchanted names,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.19,0:08:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places like Loxahatchee and Fakahatchee,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.56,0:08:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Corkscrew, Big Cypress.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.77,0:08:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These places that had tugged\Nat my adolescent heart strings,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.14,0:08:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dared me to go explore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.19,0:08:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And explore I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.41,0:08:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I headed down south,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.42,0:08:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started what turned\Ninto a five-year project
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.88,0:08:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to document, to explain
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.07,0:09:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to hopefully reintroduce\Nthe Everglades in a new light,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.32,0:09:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a more inspired light.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.45,0:09:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew this would be a tall order,\Nbecause here you have an area
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.73,0:09:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's roughly a third the size\Nthe state of Florida, it's huge.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.72,0:09:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I say Everglades,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.02,0:09:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most people are like,\N"Oh, yeah, the national park."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.52,0:09:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Everglades is not just a park;\Nit's an entire watershed,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.33,0:09:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entire watershed
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.55,0:09:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with the Kissimmee\Nchain of lakes in the north,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.58,0:09:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then as the rains\Nwould fall in the summer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.83,0:09:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these downpours would flow\Ninto Lake Okeechobee,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.49,0:09:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Lake Okeechobee would fill up\Nand it would overflow its banks
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.76,0:09:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spill southward, ever slowly,\Nwith the topography,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.06,0:09:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get into the river of grass,\Nthe Sawgrass Prairies,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.68,0:09:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before meting into the cypress slews,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.75,0:09:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until going further south\Ninto the mangrove swamps,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.46,0:09:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then finally... finally...\NReaching Florida Bay,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.23,0:09:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the emerald gem of the Everglades,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.03,0:09:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the great estuary,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.24,0:09:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 850 square-mile estuary.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.96,0:09:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sure, the national park\Nis the southern end of this system,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.32,0:09:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all the things that make it unique
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.68,0:10:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are these inputs that come in,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.32,0:10:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fresh water that starts\N100 miles north.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.18,0:10:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So no manner of these political\Nor invisible boundaries
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.57,0:10:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protect the park from polluted water\Nor insufficient water.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.54,0:10:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unfortunately, that's precisely\Nwhat we've done.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.93,0:10:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last 60 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.49,0:10:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have drained, we have dammed,\Nwe have dredged the Everglades
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.87,0:10:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where now only one third of the water\Nthat used to reach the bay
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.87,0:10:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now reaches the bay today.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.89,0:10:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this story is not all sunshine\Nand rainbows, unfortunately.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.25,0:10:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For better or for worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.16,0:10:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the story of the Everglades\Nis intrinsically tied
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.60,0:10:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the peaks and the valleys\Nof mankind's relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.82,0:10:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.68,0:10:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I do that, I'll show you\Nthese beautiful pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.16,0:10:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these stunning vistas,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.60,0:10:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it gets you on board.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.08,0:10:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it gets your attention,\Nit gets you into the tent.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.83,0:10:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I have your attention,\NI can tell you the real story.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.84,0:10:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that we're taking this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.82,0:10:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're trading it for this,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.80,0:11:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at an alarming rate.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.26,0:11:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's lost on so many people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.99,0:11:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the sheer scale\Nof which we're discussing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.53,0:11:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Everglades is not just\Nresponsible for the drinking water
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.98,0:11:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 7 million Floridians;
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.21,0:11:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today it also provides\Nthe agricultural fields
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.77,0:11:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the year-round tomatoes and oranges
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.35,0:11:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for over 300 million Americans.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.29,0:11:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's that same seasonal pulse\Nof water in the summer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.63,0:11:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that built the river of grass\N6,000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.18,0:11:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ironically, today, it's also responsible\Nfor the over half a million acres
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.59,0:11:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the endless river of sugarcane.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.80,0:11:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the same fields\Nthat are responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.99,0:11:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for dumping exceedingly high levels\Nof fertilizers into the watershed,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.04,0:11:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forever changing the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.45,0:11:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in order for you to not just\Nunderstand how this system works,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.68,0:11:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to also get personally\Nconnected to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.57,0:11:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to break the story down\Ninto several different narratives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.87,0:11:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted that story to start\Nin Lake Okeechobee,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.68,0:12:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beating heart of the Everglade system.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.45,0:12:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to do that, I picked an ambassador,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.94,0:12:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an iconic species.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.70,0:12:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Everglade snail kite.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.22,0:12:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a great bird,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.49,0:12:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they used to nest in the thousands,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.39,0:12:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands in the northern Everglades.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.22,0:12:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they've gone down\Nto about 400 nesting pairs today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.74,0:12:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.11,0:12:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's because they eat\None source of food, an apple snail,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.26,0:12:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the size of a ping-pong ball,\Nan aquatic gastropod.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.68,0:12:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as we started damming up\Nthe Everglades,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.93,0:12:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we started diking Lake Okeechobee\Nand draining the wetlands,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.44,0:12:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we lost the habitat for the snail.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.57,0:12:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And thus, the population\Nof the kites declined.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.95,0:12:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I wanted a photo that would\Nnot only communicate this relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.47,0:12:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between wetland, snail and bird,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.59,0:12:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I also wanted a photo\Nthat would communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.86,0:12:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how incredible this relationship was,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.68,0:12:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how very important it is\Nthat they've come to depend on each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.86,0:12:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this healthy wetland and this bird.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.55,0:12:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to do that, I brainstormed this idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.54,0:12:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started sketching\Nout these plans to make a photo,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.81,0:13:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I sent it to the wildlife biologist\Ndown in Okeechobee...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.72,0:13:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an endangered bird,\Nso it takes special permission to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.86,0:13:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I built this submerged platform
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.55,0:13:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would hold snails\Njust right under the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.05,0:13:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I spent months planning\Nthis crazy idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.54,0:13:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I took this platform\Ndown to Lake Okeechobee
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.54,0:13:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I spent over a week in the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.63,0:13:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wading waist-deep,\N9-hour shifts from dawn until dusk,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.37,0:13:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get one image that I thought\Nmight communicate this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.56,0:13:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the day that it finally worked:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.24,0:13:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Video: (Mac Stone narrating)\NUnlike other raptors,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.73,0:13:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the snail kite feeds\Non one source of food:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.93,0:13:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the apple snail.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.47,0:13:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After setting up the platform,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.48,0:13:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look off and I see a kite\Ncoming over the cattails.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.33,0:13:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I see him scanning and searching.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.28,0:13:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he gets right over the trap,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.84,0:13:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see that he's seen it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.31,0:13:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he beelines,\Nhe goes straight for the trap.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.05,0:13:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that moment,\Nall those months of planning, waiting,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.08,0:13:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the sunburn, mosquito bites...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.21,0:13:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, they're all worth it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.78,0:13:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[(Mac Stone in film) Oh my gosh,\NI can't believe it!]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.40,0:14:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can believe how excited I was\Nwhen that happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.99,0:14:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally happened, oh my God!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.40,0:14:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Too many mosquitoes, too much sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.62,0:14:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what the idea was,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.98,0:14:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that for someone\Nwho's never seen this bird
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.20,0:14:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has no reason to care about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.30,0:14:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these photos, these new perspectives,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.95,0:14:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will help shed a little new light\Non just one species
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.09,0:14:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes this watershed\Nso incredible, so valuable, so important.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.92,0:14:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know I can't come\Nhere to Gainesville
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.86,0:14:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talk to you about animals\Nin the Everglades
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.13,0:14:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without talking about gators.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.34,0:14:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love gators, I grew up loving gators.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.06,0:14:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents always said I had\Nan unhealthy relationship with gators
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.63,0:14:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.10,0:14:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I like about them is,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.59,0:14:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're like the freshwater\Nequivalent of sharks.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.22,0:14:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're feared, they're hated,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.89,0:14:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are tragically misunderstood.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.69,0:14:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because these are a unique species,\Nthey're not just apex predators.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.47,0:14:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Everglades,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.79,0:14:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are the very architects\Nof the Everglades,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.31,0:14:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because as the water drops\Ndown in the winter
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.47,0:14:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the dry season,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.66,0:15:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they start excavating these holes\Ncalled gator holes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.70,0:15:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they do this because\Nas the water drops down,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.04,0:15:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll be able to stay wet\Nand they'll be able to forage.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.94,0:15:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now this isn't just affecting them,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.29,0:15:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other animals also depend\Non this relationship,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.54,0:15:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they become a keystone species as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.98,0:15:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do you make an apex predator,\Nan ancient reptile,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.24,0:15:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at once look like it dominates the system,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.74,0:15:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, look vulnerable?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.01,0:15:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you wade into a pit\Nof about 120 of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.07,0:15:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you hope that you've made\Nthe right decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.50,0:15:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.26,0:15:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still have all my fingers, it's cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.98,0:15:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I understand, I know\NI'm not going to rally you guys,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.70,0:15:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to rally the troops to\N"Save the Everglades for the gators!"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.34,0:15:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't happen because\Nthey're so ubiquitous,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.56,0:15:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see them now,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.73,0:15:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're one of the great conservation\Nsuccess stories of the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.93,0:15:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is one species in the Everglades\Nthat no matter who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.33,0:15:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't help but love, too,\Nand that's the roseate spoonbill.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.38,0:16:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These birds are great, but they've had\Na really tough time in the Everglades,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.01,0:16:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they started out with thousands\Nof nesting pairs in Florida Bay,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.55,0:16:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the turn of the 20th century,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.78,0:16:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they got down to two... two nesting pairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.40,0:16:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.98,0:16:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because women thought\Nthey looked better on their hats
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.90,0:16:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they did flying in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.62,0:16:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we banned the plume trade,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.06,0:16:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their numbers started rebounding.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.20,0:16:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as their numbers started rebounding,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.25,0:16:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scientists began to pay attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.01,0:16:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they started studying these birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.75,0:16:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what they found out
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.26,0:16:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that these birds' behavior\Nis intrinsically tied
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.72,0:16:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the annual draw-down\Ncycle of water in the Everglades,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.48,0:16:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the thing that defines\Nthe Everglades watershed.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.59,0:16:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they found out is that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.15,0:16:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these birds started nesting in the winter\Nas the water drew down,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.24,0:16:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're tactile feeders,\Nso they have to touch whatever they eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.85,0:16:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they wait for these\Nconcentrated pools of fish
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.97,0:16:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to feed enough\Nto feed their young.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.18,0:16:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these birds became the very icon\Nof the Everglades...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.99,0:16:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An indicator species\Nof the overall health of the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.51,0:17:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just as their numbers were rebounding\Nin the mid-20th century...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.75,0:17:06.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shooting up to 900, 1,000, 1,100, 1,200...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.41,0:17:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just as that started happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.97,0:17:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started draining\Nthe southern Everglades.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.19,0:17:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we stopped two-thirds\Nof that water from moving south.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.72,0:17:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it had drastic consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.68,0:17:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just as those numbers\Nstarted reaching their peak,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.72,0:17:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unfortunately, today,\Nthe real spoonbill story,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.82,0:17:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real photo of what it looks like\Nis more something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.51,0:17:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're down to less than 70\Nnesting pairs in Florida Bay today,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.15,0:17:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've disrupted\Nthe system so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.72,0:17:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all these different organizations\Nare shouting, they're screaming,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.00,0:17:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Everglades is fragile! It's fragile!"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.08,0:17:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.99,0:17:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is resilient.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.78,0:17:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because despite all we've taken,\Ndespite all we've done and we've drained
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.29,0:17:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've dammed and we've dredged it,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.16,0:17:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pieces of it still remain,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.38,0:17:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pieces of it are still here,\Nwaiting to be put back together.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.68,0:17:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what I've loved\Nabout South Florida,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.96,0:18:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in one place, you have\Nthis unstoppable force of mankind
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.75,0:18:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting the immovable object\Nof tropical nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.07,0:18:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's at this border,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.37,0:18:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's at this frontier\Nthat we are forced with a new appraisal.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.54,0:18:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is wilderness worth?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.82,0:18:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the value of biodiversity,\Nor our drinking water?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.10,0:18:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And fortunately, after decades of debate,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.55,0:18:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're finally starting to act\Non those questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.54,0:18:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're slowly undertaking these projects
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.92,0:18:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring more freshwater back to the bay.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.44,0:18:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's up to us as citizens,\Nas residents, as stewards
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.12,0:18:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hold our elected officials\Nto their promises.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.05,0:18:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What can you do to help?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.91,0:18:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.19,0:18:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just get outside, get out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.18,0:18:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take your friends out, take your kids out,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.24,0:18:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take your family out.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.84,0:18:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hire a fishing guide.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.52,0:18:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Show the state that protecting wilderness
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.53,0:18:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only makes ecological sense,\Nbut economic sense as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.19,0:18:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot of fun, just do it...\NPut your feet in the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.54,0:19:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The swamp will change you, I promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.25,0:19:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years, we've been so generous
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.15,0:19:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with these other landscapes\Naround the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.24,0:19:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cloaking them with this American pride,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.09,0:19:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,places that we now consider to define us:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.48,0:19:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.63,0:19:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we use these parks\Nand these natural areas
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.06,0:19:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as beacons and as cultural compasses.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.08,0:19:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sadly, the Everglades is very commonly
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.15,0:19:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left out of that conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.50,0:19:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I believe it's every bit\Nas iconic and emblematic
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.03,0:19:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of who we are as a country
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.93,0:19:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as any of these other wildernesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.45,0:19:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a different kind of wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.96,0:19:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm encouraged,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.31,0:19:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because maybe we're finally\Nstarting to come around,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.03,0:19:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what was once deemed\Nthis swampy wasteland,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.64,0:19:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today is a World Heritage site.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.30,0:19:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a wetland\Nof international importance.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.60,0:19:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've come a long way\Nin the last 60 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.43,0:19:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as the world's largest and most\Nambitious wetland restoration project,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.84,0:20:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the international spotlight\Nis on us in the Sunshine State.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.72,0:20:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you forget it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.34,0:20:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.41,0:20:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if we can heal this system,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.17,0:20:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to become an icon\Nfor wetland restoration
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.64,0:20:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.34,0:20:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's up to us to decide which legacy\Nwe want to attach our flag to.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.01,0:20:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say that the Everglades\Nis our greatest test.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.48,0:20:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we pass it, we get to keep the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.06,0:20:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that quote,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.49,0:20:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a challenge, it's a prod.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.55,0:20:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we do it? Will we do it?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.45,0:20:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to, we must.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.01,0:20:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Everglades is not just a test.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.42,0:20:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also a gift,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.06,0:20:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately, our responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.46,0:20:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.63,0:20:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)