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Grade 12: 26,392 From the Glades peoples two major nations emerged in the area: the Calusa and the Tequesta the Calusa was the largest and most powerful nation in South Florida it controlled fifty villages located on Florida's west coast around Lake Okeechobee and on the Florida Keys Most Calusa villages were located at the mouths of rivers or on key islands the Calusa were hunter-gatherers who lived on small game fish turtles alligators shellfish and various plants Most of their tools were made of bone or teeth although sharpened reeds were also effective for hunting or war Calusa weapons consisted of bows and arrows atlatls and spears Canoes were used for transportation and South Florida tribes often canoed through the Everglades but rarely lived in them Canoe trips to Cuba were also common. Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually, Miami Florida Business directory 5.2 Tropical hardwood hammock. ! Historical population West Palm Beach PBI Palm Beach International Airport Medium Hub 3,110,450, Pinewood 3 School board members, 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. . Further information: Florida mangroves and List of invasive plant species in Florida, Main articles: Ordinance of Secession Confederate States of America and Florida in the American Civil War. As part of the North Terminal Development project Concourse C closed on September 1 2009 and was demolished the demolition of Concourse C allowed for the construction of new gates where the concourse stood. .

Plantation Mobile Home Park Location Downtown Miami Florida National Hurricane Center/National Weather Service 1995; 10 Communities Overview Electronic dance music. . . Further information: Florida State Highway System List of state roads in Florida and County roads in Florida 3.4 Former concourses Maryland House of Delegates. Households and families: There were 2,338,450 households the average household size was 2.6 people Families made up 65% of the households in the Miami area This figure includes both married-couple families (45%) and other families (20%) Nonfamily households made up 35% of all households in Miami Most of the nonfamily households were people living alone but some consisted of people living in households in which no one was related to the householder. . 10 West Palm Beach Palm Beach 82,103 99,919 111,398 +11.49% On 7 June 2006 Florida's wildlife commission voted to take the manatee off the state's endangered species list Some environmentalists worry that this could erode safeguards for the popular sea creature.