1,100 year old Bald Cypress in Barley Barber Swamp

Access to Barley Barber Swamp was closed by Florida Power & Light following September 11, 2001. The nearbly Martin County Power Plant, the largest fossil fuel plant in the United States, uses so much water from the Florida aquifer that it is literally sucking the swamp dry from below. This is some of the only footage of this all but forgotten old growth cypress swamp and the oldest cypress tree in Florida. Everglades Earth First is currently working to get Barley Barber reopened and to bring FPL to accountability for killing this ancient forest.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Barley Barber Swamp
• Bald Cypress Tree
• Earth First
• Restoration
• Martin County
• Indian Town.

[scottraposo]

How can they tell how old it is without cutting it down?

[pineywoods9]

I know where there is a cypress twice that diameter in New River swamp in union county,fla.

[KB1PTH]

cut them down

[felipoyoalegria]

en español papa

[hetzii]

Great trees----I have 35 of them growing quite well in a swampy area---All the way up in frigid Michigan.

[florange00]

Florida obviously needs to supply residents with electricity. Protest the outrageous number of people who have moved to Florida in the last 10 years....before the recession. That's the problem...too many, too fast, too stressful on our resources!

These protestors also failed to mention that here in Martin County, we had 3 hurricanes in 2003-2004. My cypress trees took a beating too, as well as my 100 year old oaks.

[HealingEnder6]

What beautiful, ancient wisdom we're losing!

[taylspin07]

whoa this is totally sweet!