The largest river restoration project in history is complete! Back in the 1960s the once meandering Kissimmee River, was channeled and nearly halved in length. Immediately the collapse of the ecosystem was evident with the loss of the bass fishery and the disappearance of birds like snowy egrets and white ibis that once filled the skies. Today we celebrated the Kissimmee River basin is meandering across the upper Everglades as it once did before! With that the fishery is returning and the wading