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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, (attendance) Division Conference National Championships Because the population of South Florida is largely confined to a strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Everglades the Miami urbanized area (that is the area of contiguous urban development) is about 100 miles (160 km) long (north to south) but never more than 20 miles (32 km) wide and in some areas only 5 miles (8.0 km) wide (east to west) the Miami metropolitan statistical area is longer than any other urbanized area in the United States except for the New York metropolitan area it was the eighth most densely populated urbanized area in the United States in the 2000 census. . Miami Florida Business directory, Big Cypress National Preserve, Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Miami. Although the Big Cypress is the largest growth of cypress swamps in South Florida cypress swamps can be found near the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and between Lake Okeechobee and the Eastern flatwoods as well as in sawgrass marshes Cypresses are deciduous conifers that are uniquely adapted to thrive in flooded conditions with buttressed trunks and root projections that protrude out of the water called "knees" Bald cypress trees grow in formations with the tallest and thickest trunks in the center rooted in the deepest peat As the peat thins out cypresses grow smaller and thinner giving the small forest the appearance of a dome from the outside They also grow in strands slightly elevated on a ridge of limestone bordered on either side by sloughs Other hardwood trees can be found in cypress domes such as red maple swamp bay and pop ash If cypresses are removed the hardwoods take over and the ecosystem is recategorized as a mixed swamp forest, 1 History 4.4 Urban planning, Lamme and Oldakowski's survey also found some cultural indicators distinguishing South Florida South Florida is the only region of the state where ethnic foods are as popular as general American cuisine Additionally while there was little geographical variation for most styles of music there was regional variation for both country and Latin music Country was significantly less popular in South Florida than in North or Central Florida while Latin was more popular than in the other regions.

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