Why Is Biscayne National Park Was Established

Imagine walking on an island untouched by man, a place where people can see the grace of nature. An island like this seems to good too be true in a world with concrete everywhere. This island is a Florida Key that is part of a national park in Florida named Biscayne National Park that was established due to two great factors. But, Biscayne National Park wasn’t just established, it was established because of a multitude of different reasons. These reasons are a rich history of how it was established and the increasing struggle to conserve the Biscayne land. In Florida; Biscayne National Park was established because of the rich history that surrounds it and the effort of wilderness conservation.

One reason why Biscayne National Park was established

In Source three it states that developers wanted to make the Keys into a city, but another group wanted it to be a haven for wildlife, this group eventually won. This shows that because people wanted to conserve the Keys and other lands in their natural state, it became and was established as what is now known as Biscayne National Park. In Source two it shows a map of the large Biscayne National Park. I know that Biscayne National Park is as large as it seems on the map because I know it is around 170,000 acres of land. This indicates that because of the conservation effort, a large area of land was saved from being developed, now named Biscayne National Park and it is this large because of conservation. In Source one it states,”the owner of Porgy Key refused to sell it to an oil company and supported plans to turn it into a national park. As a state park ranger I once met said,”Conservation always helps”. This time it helped out a lot, it is common knowledge that know Porgy Key gets over 2 million visitors a year. It just shows that conserving helped with the establishment of Biscayne even more. Conserving was a key factor in helping develop and establish Biscayne National