Issues currently faced by Everglades National Park:
- The park is dependent upon water supply from outside the park. The water it is receiving is inadequate in regard to quality, quantity, distribution, and timing.
- Decline of bird population by 90 percent.
- Proliferation of exotic species which changes the character and very essence of the park.
- Agency conflicts concerning management of species versus ecosystem management.
- Interpretation and implementation of the Endangered Species Act in natural ecosystems versus enhancement.
- Conflicts in meeting public enjoyment versus current environmental requirements and park purposes (overcrowding, lack of carrying capacity standards).
- Declining fishery resource.
- Water and air quality problems due to urban encroachment and associated pollution and expanded development including agricultural practices.
- Lack of scientific data on some major restoration efforts.
- Providing an opportunity for the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes to exercise their existing rights to an extent and in such a manner that does not conflict with the purposes of the park.
- Agreement on the appropriate water delivery regime.
- Oil exploration in adjacent lands and offshore.
- Responsibilities to marine sanctuary and the park's role in how it affects the sanctuary and the entire ecosystem.
- Increasing personnel recruitment difficulties.
- Competing concepts for use of the East Everglades.
