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During his 1904 campaign to be elected governor, Napoleon Bonaparte Broward promised to drain the Everglades, and his later projects were more effective than Disston's. Broward's promises sparked a land boom facilitated by blatant errors in an engineer's report, pressure from real estate developers, and the burgeoning tourist industry ...
A portion of the C-38 canal, finished in 1971, now backfilled to restore the Kissimmee River floodplain to a more natural state. An ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted during the 20th century on the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history.
Several attempts were made to drain and develop the Everglades in the 1880s. The first canals built in the Everglades did little harm to the ecosystem, as they were unable to drain much of it. [ 67 ] Napoleon Bonaparte Broward based the majority of his 1904 campaign for governor on how drainage would create "The Empire of the Everglades". [ 68 ]
Before the Everglades were drained, many of Miami’s wealthiest residents and early developers built on Dade County’s highest points to keep their properties safe from flooding.
A misunderstanding of fire's role also played a part in the disappearance of pine forests, as natural fires were put out and pine rocklands transitioned into hardwood hammocks. [50] Today prescribed fires occur in Everglades National Park in pine rocklands every three to seven years.
When Graham announced the Save the Everglades program in 1983, he said his intent was to ensure ‘‘that the Everglades of the year 2000 looks and functions more like it did in 1900 than it does ...
It’s the latest tragedy associated with South Florida’s sprawling network of man-made canals and waterways, which were originally dug to drain the vast grassy wetlands of the Everglades and ...
[5] [36] Refineries for the plantation were constructed in Kissimmee and near Lake Okeechobee. [36] The key to Disston's Florida plans was a massive dredging effort to drain the Kissimmee River floodplain that flows into Lake Okeechobee, to remove the surface water in the Everglades and the surrounding lands regardless of season. [10]