"On a hot afternoon barely 60 hours after a court victory they hope will help to protect the country's largest tropical wilderness, Eve Samples and Christopher McVoy got back to what matters most: the swamp. They stepped gingerly over the wildflowers and grasses that line a road winding 24 miles through the southern part of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Another several steps and they sank shin-deep into the tannic-colored water."
""It feels good," said McVoy, an ecohydrologist, as he slowly waded through a cypress strand, measuring stick in hand."
Eve Samples and Christopher McVoy returned to Big Cypress Swamp about 60 hours after a court victory intended to help protect the country's largest tropical wilderness. They walked along a road that winds 24 miles through the southern part of the Big Cypress National Preserve and stepped into tannic-colored water, sinking shin-deep. McVoy, an ecohydrologist, waded slowly through a cypress strand with a measuring stick in hand. The visit focused on hands-on observation and monitoring of wildflowers, grasses, and hydrology. The timing underscored the immediate conservation response following legal affirmation of protection efforts.
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