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1990 12,937,926 32.7% Climate chart (explanation) Contents British surveyor John Gerard de Brahm who mapped the coast of Florida in 1773 called the area "River Glades" Both Marjory Stoneman Douglas and linguist Wallace McMullen suggest that cartographers substituted "Ever" for "River".[clarification needed] the name "Everglades" first appeared on a map in 1823 although it was also spelled as "Ever Glades" as late as 1851 the Seminole call it Pahokee meaning "Grassy Water." the region was labeled "Pa-hai-okee" on a U.S military map from 1839 although it had earlier been called "Ever Glades" throughout the Second Seminole War. The Phi Gamma Delta "Fiji" Fraternity House. . The Miami-Dade Aviation Department(MDAD) operates Miami International Airport Miami Executive Airport Opa-locka Executive Airport Homestead General Aviation Airport and Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. No country that I have ever heard of bears any resemblance to it; it seems like a vast sea filled with grass and green trees and expressly intended as a retreat for the rascally Indian from which the white man would never seek to drive them, 6.1.2 Seminole The School of Music presents an annual series of concerts that showcase talent in a variety of genres School of Music at FIU offers a dynamic learning environment for informed creative musicians Students are fully involved in their chosen fields where they can recognize clearly what they need to learn in order to become contributors to those fields FIU's School of Music embraces an evolving world for its possibilities and the new opportunities and challenges that it affords while providing the tools necessary to empower young musicians in their quest to carve out careers FIU School of Music's concert season incorporates music of all styles including jazz early music chamber music choral/vocal contemporary music wind and opera theater performed by world class musicians and ensembles Many masterclasses and lectures are also open to the public and offered at no charge the season runs from August through April each year, Miami Florida Business directory Following this period of rapid development and environmental degradation the ecosystem began to receive notable attention from conservation groups in the 1970s Internationally UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance the construction of a large airport 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked when an environmental study found that it would severely damage the South Florida ecosystem With heightened awareness and appreciation of the region restoration began in the 1980s with the removal of a canal that had straightened the Kissimmee River However development and sustainability concerns have remained pertinent in the region the deterioration of the Everglades including poor water quality in Lake Okeechobee was linked to the diminishing quality of life in South Florida's urban areas in 2000 the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was approved by Congress to combat these problems to date,[when?] it is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental restoration attempt in history but its implementation has faced political complications. See also: Frost Art Museum and Wolfsonian-FIU.

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