Clewiston, Florida: Lake Okeechobee and the Seminole Nation

Clewiston, Florida, is located on the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee, the lake with the support of the U. S. Army The Corps of Engineers to provide water for South Florida. Previously, the water flowed through the Everglades into the Gulf. It is now preserved in the lake, reducing the size of the Everglades, but to provide drinking water for people and irrigation for sugar cane and citrus industries. Florida grapefruit and oranges are not myths evoked by the Office of Tourism. Exist: as the eye can see in some places. The Seminole Nation Reserve starts about thirty miles south of Clewiston. The Ah Tah Thi Ki (Seminole to learn, to remember), the Museum of the reserve is to preserve and protect the culture and traditions of the Seminole Nation, through exhibitions, films and extensive archives. It also has a 1.5-mile trail walk through the Big Cypress swamp. Over fifty signs describe the flora of different indigenous to the ecosystem and how the people of Seminole used. A ceremonial area and people living with artisans using their trade are also found along the route. The Seminoles fought two wars with the United States and not give up. Pity that the emphasis more on their victories have not been published in the museum. This would be a feather in his restaurant is only close headdress.The Billie Swamp Tours, about three miles down the road. This is an attraction built to satisfy tourists. Swamp tours offer land and Airboats Swamp vehicles. Of course there are many more people to tour the museum more educational swamp. The restaurant is very nice, a bit "expensive but worth the money spent. Try crocodile tail Nibblers (bars fried), served with tartar sauce. They are very good, a little rubber", but edible. Back to Clewiston through sugar cane fields. It is a plague of nature. They swallow the water in Lake Okeechobee, which should go to the Everglades from drying. Bellows of smoke from piles of processing facilities in Clewiston, polluting the air. The fertilizer used for sugar cane favors the growth of cattails, which are an exotic species in Lake Okeechobee Florida.To see what you have to pass over the dam or dam. You can not see the other side. It's definitely a big lake. Today, 2008, the lake is in serious trouble. The levels are very low and fishing, once a major has declined.