1956 73.7% 747,753 26.3% 266,980, 6 Public services By the early 1800s Indian removal was a significant issue throughout the southeastern U.S. and also in Florida in 1830 the U.S Congress passed the Indian Removal Act and as settlement increased pressure grew on the U.S government to remove the Indians from Florida Seminoles offered sanctuary to blacks and these became known as the Black Seminoles and clashes between whites and Indians grew with the influx of new settlers in 1832 the Treaty of Payne's Landing promised to the Seminoles lands west of the Mississippi River if they agreed to leave Florida Many Seminole left at this time, 7.1 Kissimmee River New River. SR 878 (Snapper Creek Expressway): SR 874/Kendall to U.S Route 1/Pinecrest & South Miami Bicentennial Park during Ultra Music Festival and Earth Hour in 2010! What is now Virginia Key was the southern end of a barrier island that extended from the New River inlet in Fort Lauderdale to just north of Key Biscayne Early accounts by Spanish explorers indicated the existence of one or more inlets somewhere on the long spit of land enclosing the northern end of Biscayne Bay but such inlets open and close over time At the beginning of the 19th century there was no inlet through the barrier island between the New River Inlet and Bear Cut at the northern end of Key Biscayne Hurricanes in 1835 and 1838 opened a new inlet Narrows Cut (now known as Norris Cut) separating Virginia Key from what is now Fisher Island at the south end of Miami Beach, 4 Student Advisor to the School Board Reform 152 0.06% 3 Terminals and concourses The 2010 US Census reported that the Latino population in Miami accounted for 70% of its total population with 34.4% of city residents being of Cuban origin 15.8% had a Central American background (7.2% Nicaraguan 5.8% Honduran 1.2% Salvadoran and 1.0% Guatemalan) 8.7% were of South American descent (3.2% Colombian 1.4% Venezuelan 1.2% Peruvian 1.2% Argentinean and 0.7% Ecuadorian) 4.0% had other Hispanic or Latino origins (0.5% Spaniard) 3.2% descended from Puerto Ricans 2.4% were Dominican and 1.5% had Mexican ancestry! 3 Bathymetry Miami Florida Business directory, (102) 2.08 The Order of the Torch is a semi-secret honorary leadership society akin to other secret societies in the state such as Florida Blue Key at the University of Florida and the Iron Arrow Honor Society at the University of Miami the organization is rumored to have been founded in 2003 as a way of organizing student leadership to restructure student life to mirror that of a traditional university Members now include students faculty staff and community members including FIU alumni Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (class of 1974) Top leadership in Student Government Homecoming and the most elite campus fraternal organizations rank among its members! See also: Sport in Miami Native to southern Asia the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) is a relatively new invasive species in the Everglades This species can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 m) long and they compete with alligators for the top of the food chain Florida wildlife officials speculate that escaped pythons have begun reproducing in an environment for which they are well-suited in Everglades National Park alone agents removed more than 2,000 Burmese pythons from the park as of 2017 Federal authorities banned four species of exotic snakes including the Burmese python in 2012 the pythons are believed to be responsible for drastic decreases in the populations of some mammals within the park. .
Drainage West Park Citrus canker continues to be an issue of concern From 1997 to 2013 the growing of citrus trees has declined 25% from 600,000 acres (240,000 ha) to 450,000 acres (180,000 ha) Citrus greening disease is incurable a study states that it has caused the loss of $4.5 billion between 2006 and 2012 as of 2014 it was the major agricultural concern, Cuisine Religion in Florida (2014) The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project's final construction project was straightening the Kissimmee River a meandering 90-mile (140 km)-long river that was drained to make way for grazing land and agriculture the C&SF started building the C-38 canal in 1962 and the effects were seen almost immediately Waterfowl wading birds and fish disappeared prompting conservationists and sport fishers to demand the region be restored before the canal was finished in 1971 in general C&SF projects had been criticized for being temporary fixes that ignored future consequences costing billions of dollars with no end in sight After Governor Bob Graham initiated the Save Our Everglades campaign in 1983 the first section of the canal was backfilled in 1986 Graham announced that by 2000 the Everglades would be restored as closely as possible to its pre-drainage state the Kissimmee River Restoration project was approved by Congress in 1992 It is estimated that it will cost $578 million to convert only 22 miles (35 km) of the canal the entire project was to be complete by 2011 yet as of 2017 the project is "more than halfway complete" and the new completion date is 2020. .
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