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e in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural
and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeech
obee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the
South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect th
e quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building
projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nati
onal Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of th
e Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived f
or thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain
the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use
. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasing
ly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metro
politan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing
Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were init
iated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suff
ered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a p
olitically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of yea
rs in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and de
velop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th centu
ry progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and d
iverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The p
ark was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and de
dicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South
Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly
from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged
issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the
Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered
land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, wate
r flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable e
xplosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established
in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as
massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosys
tems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity
, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Flor
ida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans
arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultu
ral and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Ok
eechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of
the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protec
t the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal buil
ding projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades
National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration o
f the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have liv
ed for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to dr
ain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential
use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increa
singly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida m
etropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanis
hing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were
initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have
suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is
a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of
years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands an
d develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th c
entury progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled a
nd diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. T
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d dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across So
uth Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significan
tly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically char
ged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around
the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recov
ered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed,
water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enab
le explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was establi
shed in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947
, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ec
osystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human acti
vity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South
Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Pl
ans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agric
ultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lak
e Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth
of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to pr
otect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal
building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Evergla
des National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restorati
on of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have
lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 t
o drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residen
tial use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was in
creasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Flori
da metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly v
anishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects w
ere initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park h
ave suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglade
s is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousand
s of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetland
s and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20
th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controll
ed and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan are
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, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated acros
s South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered signif
icantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically
charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or ar
ound the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the r
ecovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progress
ed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to
enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was est
ablished in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in
1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. Th
e ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human
activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in So
uth Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades
. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for a
gricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from
Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive gr
owth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, t
o protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive ca
nal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Eve
rglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and resto
ration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans
have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 18
82 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and res
idential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee wa
s increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South F
lorida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quick
ly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projec
ts were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Pa
rk have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everg
lades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thou
sands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wet
lands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As th
e 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly cont
rolled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan
area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Evergl
ades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated a
cross South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered si
gnificantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politica
lly charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in o
r around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop t
he recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century prog
ressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted
to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was
established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated
in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida
. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from hu
man activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue i
n South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Evergl
ades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land f
or agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow
from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosiv
e growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 193
4, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massiv
e canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in
Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and r
estoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Hum
ans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose i
n 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and
residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobe
e was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the Sou
th Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the q
uickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building pr
ojects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nationa
l Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the E
verglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for
thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the
wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. A
s the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly
controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropol
itan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Ev
erglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiat
ed across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffere
d significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a poli
tically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years
in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and devel
op the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century
progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and dive
rted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park
was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedic
ated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Flo
rida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly fro
m human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged iss
ue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Ev
erglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered la
nd for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water f
low from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable expl
osive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in
 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as ma
ssive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystem
s in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, a
nd restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida
.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans aro
se in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural
and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeec
hobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the
South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect t
he quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal buildin
g projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nat
ional Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of t
he Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived
for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain
the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential us
e. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasin
gly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metr
opolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishin
g Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were ini
tiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suf
fered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a
politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of ye
ars in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and d
evelop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th cent
ury progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and
diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The
park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and d
edicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South
Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly
from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged
issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around th
e Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovere
d land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, wat
er flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable
explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was establishe
d in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, a
s massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosy
stems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activit
y, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Flo
rida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans
arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricult
ural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake O
keechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of
the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to prote
ct the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal bui
lding projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades
National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration
of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have li
ved for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to d
rain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residentia
l use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was incre
asingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida
metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vani
shing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were
initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have
suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades i
s a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands o
f years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands a
nd develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th
century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled
and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area.
The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, a
nd dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across S
outh Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significa
ntly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically cha
rged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or aroun
d the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the reco
vered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed,
water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to ena
ble explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was establ
ished in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 194
7, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The e
cosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human act
ivity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South
Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. P
lans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agri
cultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from La
ke Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growt
h of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to p
rotect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal
building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Evergl
ades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restorat
ion of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans hav
e lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882
to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and reside
ntial use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was i
ncreasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Flor
ida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly
vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects
were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park
have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglad
es is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousan
ds of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlan
ds and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 2
0th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly control
led and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan ar
ea. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglade
s, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated acro
ss South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered signi
ficantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically
charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or a
round the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the
recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progres
sed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to
enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was es
tablished in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in
1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. T
he ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human
activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in S
outh Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglade
s. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for
agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow fro
m Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive g
rowth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934,
to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive c
anal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Ev
erglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and rest
oration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans
have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1
882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and re
sidential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee w
as increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South
Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quic
kly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building proje
cts were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National P
ark have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Ever
glades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for tho
usands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the we
tlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As t
he 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly con
trolled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolita
n area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everg
lades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated
across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered s
ignificantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politic
ally charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in
or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop
the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century pro
gressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverte
d to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park wa
s established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicate
d in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florid
a. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from h
uman activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue
in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everg
lades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land
for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow
from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosi
ve growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 19
34, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massi
ve canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems i
n Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and
restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Hu
mans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose
in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural an
d residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechob
ee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the So
uth Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the
quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building p
rojects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nation
al Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the
Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for
thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain th
e wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use.
As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly
controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropo
litan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing E
verglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initia
ted across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffer
ed significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a pol
itically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years
in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and deve
lop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century
progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and div
erted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The par
k was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedi
cated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Fl
orida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly fr
om human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged is
sue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the E
verglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered l
and for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water
flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable exp
losive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established i
n 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as m
assive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosyste
ms in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity,
and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florid
a.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans ar
ose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultura
l and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okee
chobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of th
e South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect
the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal buildi
ng projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Na
tional Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of
the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived
for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drai
n the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential u
se. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasi
ngly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida met
ropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishi
ng Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were in
itiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have su
ffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a
politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of y
ears in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and
develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th cen
tury progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and
diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The
park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and
dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across Sout
h Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantl
y from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charge
d issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around t
he Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recover
ed land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, wa
ter flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable
explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was establish
ed in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947,
as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecos
ystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activi
ty, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Fl
orida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plan
s arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricul
tural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake
Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth o
f the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to prot
ect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal bu
ilding projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglade
s National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration
of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have l
ived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to
drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residenti
al use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was incr
easingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida
metropolitan area. The park was esHumans have lived for thousands of years in o
r around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop t
he recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century prog
ressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted
 to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was
established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated
in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida
. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from hu
man activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue i
n South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Evergl
ades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land f
or agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow
from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosiv
e growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 193
4, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massiv
e canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in
Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and r
estoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Hum
ans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose i
n 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and
residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobe
e was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the Sou
th Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the q
uickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building pr
ojects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nationa
l Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the E
verglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for
thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the
wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. A
s the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly
controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropol
itan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Ev
erglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiat
ed across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffere
d significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a poli
tically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years
in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and devel
op the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century
progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and dive
rted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park
was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedic
ated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Flo
rida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly fro
m human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged iss
ue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Ev
erglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered la
nd for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water f
low from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable expl
osive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in
1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as ma
ssive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystem
s in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, a
nd restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida
.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans aro
se in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural
and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeec
hobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the
South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect t
he quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal buildin
g projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nat
ional Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of t
he Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived
for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain
the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential us
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gly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metr
opolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishin
g Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were ini
tiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suf
fered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a
politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of ye
ars in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and d
evelop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th cent
ury progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and
diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The
park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and d
edicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South
Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly
from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged
issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around th
e Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovere
d land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, wat
er flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable
explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was establishe
d in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, a
s massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosy
stems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activit
y, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Flo
rida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans
arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricult
ural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake O
keechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of
the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to prote
ct the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal bui
lding projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades
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of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have li
ved for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to d
rain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residentia
l use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was incre
asingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida
metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vani
shing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were
initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have
suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades i
s a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands o
f years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands a
nd develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th
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nd dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across S
outh Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significa
ntly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically cha
rged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or aroun
d the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the reco
vered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed,
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ble explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was establ
ished in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 194
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cultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from La
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rotect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal
building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Evergl
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e lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882
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ntial use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was i
ncreasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Flor
ida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly
vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects
were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park
have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglad
es is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousan
ds of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlan
ds and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 2
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led and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan ar
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s, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated acro
ss South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered signi
ficantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically
charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or a
round the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the
recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progres
sed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to
enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was es
tablished in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in
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he ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human
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m Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive g
rowth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934,
to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive c
anal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Ev
erglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and rest
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have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1
882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and re
sidential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee w
as increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South
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kly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building proje
cts were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National P
ark have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Ever
glades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for tho
usands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the we
tlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As t
he 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly con
trolled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolita
n area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everg
lades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated
across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered s
ignificantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politic
ally charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in
or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop
the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century pro
gressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverte
d to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park wa
s established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicate
d in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florid
a. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from h
uman activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue
in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everg
lades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land
for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow
from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosi
ve growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 19
34, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massi
ve canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems i
n Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and
restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Hu
mans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose
in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural an
d residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechob
ee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the So
uth Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the
quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building p
rojects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nation
al Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the
Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for
thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain th
e wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use.
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controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropo
litan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing E
verglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initia
ted across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffer
ed significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a pol
itically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years
in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and deve
lop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century
progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and div
erted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The par
k was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedi
cated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Fl
orida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly fr
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sue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the E
verglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered l
and for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water
flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable exp
losive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established i
n 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as m
assive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosyste
ms in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity,
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a.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans ar
ose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultura
l and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okee
chobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of th
e South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect
the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal buildi
ng projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Na
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, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive
canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in
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ns have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in
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residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee
was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the Sout
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ickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building pro
jects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National
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erglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for t
housands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the
wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As
the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly c
ontrolled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropoli
tan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Eve
rglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiate
d across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered
significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a polit
ically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years i
n or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develo
p the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century p
rogressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diver
ted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park
was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedica
ted in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Flor
ida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from
human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issu
e in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Eve
rglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered lan
d for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water fl
ow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explo
sive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in
1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as mas
sive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems
in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, an
d restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.
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e in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural
and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeech
obee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the
South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect th
e quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building
projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades Nati
onal Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of th
e Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived f
or thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain
the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use
. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasing
ly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metro
politan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing
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iated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suff
ered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a p
olitically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of yea
rs in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and de
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ry progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and d
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ark was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and de
dicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South
Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly
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issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the
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land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, wate
r flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable e
xplosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established
in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as
massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosys
tems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human activity
, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Flor
ida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans
arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultu
ral and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Ok
eechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of
the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protec
t the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal buil
ding projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades
National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration o
f the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have liv
ed for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to dr
ain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential
use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increa
singly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida m
etropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanis
hing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were
initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have
suffered significantly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is
a politically charged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of
years in or around the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands an
d develop the recovered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th c
entury progressed, water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled a
nd diverted to enable explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. T
he park was established in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, an
d dedicated in 1947, as massive canal building projects were initiated across So
uth Florida. The ecosystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significan
tly from human activity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically char
ged issue in South Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around
the Everglades. Plans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recov
ered land for agricultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed,
water flow from Lake Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enab
le explosive growth of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was establi
shed in 1934, to protect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947
, as massive canal building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ec
osystems in Everglades National Park have suffered significantly from human acti
vity, and restoration of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South
Florida.Humans have lived for thousands of years in or around the Everglades. Pl
ans arose in 1882 to drain the wetlands and develop the recovered land for agric
ultural and residential use. As the 20th century progressed, water flow from Lak
e Okeechobee was increasingly controlled and diverted to enable explosive growth
of the South Florida metropolitan area. The park was established in 1934, to pr
otect the quickly vanishing Everglades, and dedicated in 1947, as massive canal
building projects were initiated across South Florida. The ecosystems in Evergla
des National Park have suffered significantly from human activity, and restorati
on of the Everglades is a politically charged issue in South Florida.