Miami Seaquarium

The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League was founded in 1993 as an expansion team They have made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1996 They play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center. (19.8) 73.1 Downtown Miami Center (70) 2.56. The Journal of Criminal Justice ranks the Criminal Justice program 10th in the U.S (November 2007), Until the mid-20th century Florida was the least populous state in the southern United States in 1900 its population was only 528,542 of whom nearly 44% were African American the same proportion as before the Civil War the boll weevil devastated cotton crops. Causeways (25.7) 82.0 Miami International University of Art & Design (private), Virginia Key is an 863-acre (3.49 km2) barrier island in Miami Florida United States in Biscayne Bay south of Brickell and north of Key Biscayne It is accessible from the mainland via the Rickenbacker Causeway, Main article: Florida Bay Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. Sloughs or free-flowing channels of water develop in between sawgrass prairies Sloughs are about 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than sawgrass marshes and may stay flooded for at least 11 months out of the year and sometimes multiple years in a row Aquatic animals such as turtles alligators snakes and fish thrive in sloughs; they usually feed on aquatic invertebrates Submerged and floating plants grow here such as bladderwort (Utricularia) waterlily (Nymphaeaceae) and spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) Major sloughs in the Everglades system include the Shark River Slough flowing out to Florida Bay Lostmans River Slough bordering the Big Cypress and Taylor Slough in the eastern Everglades.

. Florida's universities have a number of collegiate sport programs Major college football programs include the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference Since 1996 Florida has added four additional programs to the ranks of Division I FCS: UCF Knights South Florida Bulls Florida Atlantic Owls and FIU Panthers, Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago Before European colonization the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes With Spanish colonization both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries the Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North assimilated other peoples and created a new culture after being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century After adapting to the region they were able to resist removal by the United States Army, Social Work 88 5.3 Cuisine US 1 Ranking In the South Atlantic the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise form barriers to ocean currents the Laurentian Abyss is found off the eastern coast of Canada. . .