Endangered marine species include the manatee seals sea lions turtles and whales Drift net fishing can kill dolphins albatrosses and other seabirds (petrels auks) hastening the fish stock decline and contributing to international disputes Municipal pollution comes from the eastern United States southern Brazil and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in the Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico Lake Maracaibo Mediterranean Sea and North Sea; and industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in the Baltic Sea North Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Main article: List of communities in Miami-Dade County Florida 7 Education (27.8) 83.5 See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami Florida; West Palm Beach (Amtrak/Tri-Rail) Silver Service Tri-Rail Palm Beach International Airport#Rail Greyhound Lines, Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas, A mountain biking park is located on the northern end of Virginia Key Constructed by the Virginia Key Bicycle Club the park features novice intermediate and advanced trails It is located just past Virginia Key Outdoor Center just down the road from the former Jimbo's location on Arthur Lamb Jr road on the north point of Virginia Key; . In addition many military schools supply stations and communications facilities were established in the area Rather than building large army bases to train the men needed to fight the war the Army and Navy came to South Florida and converted hotels to barracks movie theaters to classrooms and local beaches and golf courses to training grounds Overall over five hundred thousand enlisted men and fifty thousand officers were trained in South Florida After the end of the war many servicemen and women returned to Miami causing the population to rise to nearly half a million by 1950. In 1817 Andrew Jackson invaded Florida to hasten its annexation to the United States in what became known as the First Seminole War After Florida became a U.S territory in 1821 conflicts between settlers and the Seminole increased as the former tried to acquire lands the Second Seminole War lasted from 1835 to 1842 and afterward the US forcibly removed about 3,000 Seminole and 800 Black Seminole to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) west of the Mississippi River Many others died in the war Conflict broke out again in the Third Seminole War from 1855 to 1859 when a few hundred Seminole fought off US forces from the swamps of the Everglades the US finally decided to leave them alone as they could not dislodge them even after this protracted and expensive warfare, 9 Transportation Dry season 17.4 inches (44 cm) 30.9 inches (78 cm) 7.3 inches (19 cm). Police Department 6.4 Growth of urban areas, FIU graduates have consistently performed well on the Florida Bar Exam Graduates achieved the highest passage rate among all Florida law schools on the July 2015 February 2016 and July 2016 exams in 2007 the College of Law was ranked 1st in Florida in the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam at 96% in July 2008 the College of Law achieved a 90.6% passing rate which placed it 2nd among Florida's ten law schools in February 2009 the College of Law achieved an 81.5% passing rate which placed it 1st among Florida's ten law schools.
Rock Leisure City, Marlins Park home of the Miami Marlins of the MLB, (17.3) 67.7 This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). A turning point came for development in the Everglades at the proposal in the late 1960s for an expanded airport after Miami International Airport outgrew its capacities the new jetport was planned to be larger than O'Hare Dulles JFK and LAX airports combined,[citation needed] and the chosen location was 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park the first sentence of the U.S Department of Interior study of the environmental impact of the jetport read "Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities . will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park" When studies indicated the proposed jetport would create 4,000,000 US gallons (15,000,000 L) of raw sewage a day and 10,000 short tons (9,100 t) of jet engine pollutants a year the project met staunch opposition the New York Times called it a "blueprint for disaster" and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson wrote to President Richard Nixon voicing his opposition: "It is a test of whether or not we are really committed in this country to protecting our environment." Governor Claude Kirk withdrew his support for the project and Marjory Stoneman Douglas was persuaded at 79 years old to go on tour to give hundreds of speeches against it Nixon instead established Big Cypress National Preserve announcing it in the Special Message to the Congress Outlining the 1972 Environmental Program, Ocean Ridge The Wolfsonian Library is located at the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in South Beach on the corner of Washington Avenue and 10th Street the collection focuses exclusively on architecture art design and history of the Western World from 1885 to 1945 the library serves mostly as a research library with an extensive collection of primary sources for students prior approval from the staff is needed to enter the library! About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km) not including the contribution of the many barrier islands Florida has a total of 4,510 islands that are ten acres or larger in area This is the second-highest number of islands of any state of the United States; only Alaska has more It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil Florida has the lowest high point of any U.S state the climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south the American alligator American crocodile American flamingo Roseate spoonbill Florida panther bottlenose dolphin and manatee can be found in Everglades National Park in the southern part of the state Along with Hawaii Florida is one of only two states that has a tropical climate and is the only continental state with either a tropical climate or a coral reef the Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States and the third-largest coral barrier reef system in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef)! ! Lummus Park CBD Overview, Miami is also home to the Sony Ericsson Open for professional tennis numerous greyhound racing tracks marinas jai alai venues and golf courses the city streets has hosted professional auto races the Miami Indy Challenge and later the Grand Prix Americas whereas the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval located 35 miles (56 km) southwest currently hosts NASCAR national races Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses where competitions are held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center! .
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