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The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947 though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system the area recognized as the Everglades prior to drainage was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) in size Borders between ecosystems are subtle or imperceptible These systems shift grow and shrink die or reappear within years or decades Geologic factors climate and the frequency of fire help to create maintain or replace the ecosystems in the Everglades, Importance of international business education, Social Work 88 3.1 Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Port Miami Tunnel connecting Watson Island to PortMiami on Dodge Island which cost $700 million was opened in 2014; ; . Everglades restoration received $96 million of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 As a result of the stimulus package a mile-long (1.6 km) bridge to replace the Tamiami Trail a road that borders Everglades National Park to the north and has blocked water from reaching the southern Everglades was begun by the Army Corps of Engineers in December 2009 the next month work began to reconstruct the C-111 canal east of the park that historically diverted water into Florida Bay Governor Charlie Crist announced the same month that $50 million of state funds would be earmarked for Everglades restoration in May 2010 5.5 miles (8.9 km) of bridges were proposed to be added to the Tamiami Trail.

Labor Center 1994, Following the 1926 Miami hurricane many schools were destroyed the hurricane ended the 1920s land boom in Miami and ushered in the Great Depression to the area long before the actual market crash of 1929 the crash forced many more schools not destroyed by the hurricane to be closed Beginning in 1930 the school board faced its first overcrowding and funding problems, Asian American 3.4% 3% 5% Many pets have escaped or been released into the Everglades from the surrounding urban areas Some find the conditions quite favorable and have established self-sustaining populations competing for food and space with native animals Many tropical fish have been released but blue tilapias (Oreochromis aureus) cause damage to shallow waterways by creating large nests and consuming aquatic plants that protect native young fish! Frontier Airlines Atlanta Denver Las Vegas (resumes September 10 2019) Philadelphia Raleigh/Durham (begins November 14 2019)! Jupiter 55,156 39,328 Palm Beach Passenger The FIU School of Architecture is the most competitive in Florida with the lowest admission rate in the state at 14% (2011) for Fall 2009 the School of Architecture received over 1,000 applications for the first-year Master of Architecture program with 60 being accepted giving the School of Architecture a 6% admissions rate the average high school GPA for the freshman class in the School of Architecture was 3.98 also making it one of the most selective schools at FIU. 9 Wells Fargo 2,050 2.2 Adjacent counties Miami Florida Business directory, Much of Florida is on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico the Atlantic Ocean and the Straits of Florida Spanning two time zones it extends to the northwest into a panhandle extending along the northern Gulf of Mexico It is bordered on the north by Georgia and Alabama and on the west at the end of the panhandle by Alabama It is the only state that borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico Florida also is the southernmost state in the 48 contiguous states with Hawaii being the only state reaching farther south Florida is west of the Bahamas and 90 miles (140 km) north of Cuba Florida is one of the largest states east of the Mississippi River and only Alaska and Michigan are larger in water area the water boundary is 3 nautical miles (3.5 mi; 5.6 km) offshore in the Atlantic Ocean and 9 nautical miles (10 mi; 17 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico; 6 See also Main article: Government of the City of Miami.