Describe the Florida Keys including what species live there, the climate is like, the geography, and the role
of humans in your natural area.
Discuss the threats facing the Florida Keys. Is climate change causing problems there? Is there a problem
with habitat loss? Is pollution causing problems? What else affects your area?
Describe how these threats facing the Florida Keys affect other natural areas as well. Are the threats
strictly local ones or do other places experience them as well?
Discuss solutions to the threats facing Florida Keys. What solutions have been presented by others? What
solutions can you think of based on what you know?
Your written paper should be 6-8 pages, not counting the title and reference pages, which you must
include.
You need to cite at least three sources for this assignment, outside of the textbook. One of these sources
must come from academic journals.
Your paper must be formatted according to the CSU Global Writing Center APA 7 format