I am an ecologist, have an independent research/education facility in the Everglades, and have presented research findings at scientific conferences indicating that revision of basic agency premises is overdue. A population vs. time study of vertibrates of Everglades National Park indicated that all species declined since the habitat was acquired by the Dept. of Interior. Only one vertibrate species increased as a result of the socialization of the swamp. What species did well? The population of ParkPersons underwent a remarkable irruption.