Everglades University

11 External links Simpson Park Brickell A clump of mangroves in the distance Florida Bay at Flamingo. The consistent Everglades flooding is fed by the extensive Kissimmee Caloosahatchee Miami Myakka and Peace Rivers in central Florida the Kissimmee River is a broad floodplain that empties directly into Lake Okeechobee which at 730 square miles (1,900 km2) with an average depth of 9 feet (2.7 m) is a vast but shallow lake Soil deposits in the Everglades basin indicate that peat is deposited where the land is flooded consistently throughout the year Calcium deposits are left behind when flooding is shorter the deposits occur in areas where water rises and falls depending on rainfall as opposed to water being stored in the rock from one year to the next Calcium deposits are present where more limestone is exposed, Flood control The Restudy came with a plan to stop the declining environmental quality and this proposal was to be the most expensive and comprehensive ecological repair project in history the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) proposed more than 60 construction projects over 30 years to store water that was being flushed into the ocean in reservoirs underground aquifers and abandoned quarries; add more Stormwater Treatment Areas to filter water that flowed into the lower Everglades; regulate water released from pumping stations into local waterways and improve water released to Everglades National Park and Water Conservation Areas; remove barriers to sheetflow by raising the Tamiami Trail and destroying the Miami Canal and reuse wastewater for urban areas the cost estimate for the entire plan was $7.8 billion and in a bipartisan show of cooperation CERP was voted through Congress with an overwhelming margin it was signed by President Bill Clinton on December 11 2000. .

Main articles: Calusa and Tequesta Added to NRHP 1988 and 2005, Miami Florida Business directory Being able to provide marketing techniques that are specifically tailored to the local market. . 1940s to 1970s Pineland 2 Demographics County representation Keiser University (private) Sports Before the construction of routes under the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 Florida began construction of a long cross-state toll road Florida's Turnpike the first section from Fort Pierce south to the Golden Glades Interchange was completed in 1957 After a second section north through Orlando to Wildwood (near present-day the Villages) and a southward extension around Miami to Homestead it was finished in 1974. Hydrology Central Bay is the largest part of the bay It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Safety Valve it has been adversely affected primarily by bulkheading urban runoff discharged by canals and the loss of natural fresh water flow. MLB Baseball player 1 Miami Miami-Dade 362,470 399,457 470,914 +17.89% Population 2010 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.