Environmental experts to discuss damage to the Everglades caused by Tamiami Trail

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Jan. 28, 2016 - PRLog -- Environmental experts will share their knowledge about mitigation of the Everglades during a panel discussion titled “Raising the Road” from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at the Coral Gables Museum, 285 Aragon Ave., Coral Gables.

The discussion is part of the “Trailblazers: The Perilous Story of the Tamiami Trail” exhibit at the museum. Admission to the event is free to students and museum members and $7 for adults, $5 for seniors. For information please call 305-603-8067 or visit coralgablesmuseum.org.

The panel will converse on the Tamiami Trail, the environmental damage it inflicted and and what needs to be done to reduce its impact in the age of climate change. The panelists are:

·      Charles Borders, Tamiami Program manager, U.S. National Park Service

·      Stephen E. Davis III, Ph.D., wetland ecologist, Everglades Foundation

·      Evelyn E. Gaiser, Ph.D., executive director, School of Environment, Arts and Society; professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Southeast Environmental Research Center; and lead principal investigator, Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research Program at Florida International University

·      Miccosukee Tribe representative is invited

The exhibit is curated by Jon Ullman, who has been building coalitions and organizing activists to restore the Everglades for the Sierra Club for 17 years. He organized a broad-based coalition to build the River of Grass Parkway, a 6.5­mile collection of bridges across Tamiami Trail to restore water flow to Everglades National Park and Florida Bay. His advocacy on the campaign to raise US­41 helped result in the first raised mile and an additional planned 5.5 miles of bridge.

About The Coral Gables Museum

Located at 285 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables Museum’s mission is to celebrate, investigate and explore the civic arts of architecture and urban and environmental design, including fostering an appreciation for the history, vision, and cultural landscape of Coral Gables; promoting beauty and planning as well as historic and environmental preservation for a broad audience, including children, families, and community members, as well as local, regional, national and international visitors. The Museum optimizes its mission by cultivating effective partnerships, and providing programming that includes exhibitions, collections, educational offerings, lectures, tours, publications and special events. The Museum is the Official Visitors Center of the City of Coral Gables. For more information about educational programs or volunteering, visit www.coralgablesmuseum.org.