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11.2 Airports Schall Circle, Music history Historically Florida's economy has been based primarily upon agricultural products such as cattle sugar cane citrus fruits tomatoes and strawberries, 2.1 1900s to 1930s: the Magic City Fort Dallas built in 1836 2 Campuses. .

Steven J Green School of International and Public Affairs 6 See also 1.5% English View of the "Moon over Miami" a phrase that has inspired pop culture items including a movie TV series and song. The state has a near monopoly on saw palmetto berries an alternative medicine used to treat prostate and urinary disorders! 2.7 Regions Miami Florida Business directory (22.8) 75.1 (1,299) 2012 50.0% 4,237,756 49.1% 4,163,447 1900 528,542 35.0% Part-time students: 476 2 Geography; Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas. Area codes Airlines Destinations Refs, Since its signing the State of Florida reports that it has spent more than $2 billion on the various projects More than 36,000 acres (150 km2) of Stormwater Treatment Areas have been constructed to filter 2,500 short tons (2,300 t) of phosphorus from Everglades waters an STA spanning 17,000 acres (69 km2) was constructed in 2004 making it the largest manmade wetland in the world Fifty-five percent of the land necessary to acquire for restoration has been purchased by the State of Florida totaling 210,167 acres (850.52 km2) a plan to hasten the construction and funding of projects was put into place named "Acceler8" spurring the start of six of eight large construction projects including that of three large reservoirs However federal funds have not been forthcoming; CERP was signed when the U.S government had a budget surplus but since then deficits have renewed and two of CERP's major supporters in Congress retired According to a story in the New York Times state officials say the restoration is lost in a maze of "federal bureaucracy a victim of 'analysis paralysis'" CERP still remains controversial as the projects slated for Acceler8 environmental activists note are those that benefit urban areas and regions in the Everglades in desperate need of water are still being neglected suggesting that water is being diverted to make room for more people in an already overtaxed environment!