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Cape Romano still recovering after Hurricane Wilma

AFTER WILMA, 2010: In June 2010, mangroves in Everglades National Park between Shark River and North Highlands Beach have yet to recover from Hurricane Wilma.

AFTER WILMA, 2010: In June 2010, mangroves in Everglades National Park between Shark River and North Highlands Beach have yet to recover from Hurricane Wilma.

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  • Hurricane Wilma took it's toll on the few remaining structures on Cape Romano, completely removing a house on stilts and further damaging 'igloo' structures on the desolate point. Michel Fortier/Staff
  • AFTER WILMA, 2010: Mangroves at the mouth of the Shark River in Everglades National Park have not recovered from Hurricane Wilma in this June 2010 photo.
  • Hurricane Wilma took it's toll on the few remaining structures on Cape Romano, completely removing a house on stilts and further damaging 'igloo' structures on the desolate point.
  • AFTER WILMA, 2010: In June 2010, mangroves in Everglades National Park between Shark River and North Highlands Beach have yet to recover from Hurricane Wilma.
  • Cape Romano. Eric Strachan/Naples Daily News
  • AFTER WILMA: An aerial photo of the Lostmans River ranger station in Everglades National Park in the wake of Hurricane Wilma in October 2005.
  • Hurricane Wilma took it's toll on the few remaining structures on Cape Romano, completely removing a house on stilts and further damaging 'igloo' structures on the desolate point.
  • U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist Tom Smith III stands in the middle of a ravaged mangrove monitoring plot at North Highlands Beach in Everglades National Park in the wake of Hurricane Wilma.
  • AFTER WILMA, 2010: A mangrove forest behind North Highlands Beach in Everglades National Park is green again in this June 2010 photo, but mangroves closest to shore still have not recovered from the storm surge.
  • 060808ME-ENVICAPE8-10 off the shore of Cape Romano was where whales had been spotted in the past. A trip around Marco revealed no sharks but the beauty of the island.
  • AFTER WILMA, 2005: Hurricane Wilma blew the leaves off a mangrove forest at North Highlands Beach in Everglades National Park and push water and sediment from the Gulf of Mexico onshore.
  • BEFORE WILMA: A 1998 aerial photo of the Lostmans River ranger station in Everglades National Park, after surviving Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

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