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subject[0][6] = "128,000 years ago - The Pleistocene Epoch"; 
subject[0][7] = "The last interglacial warming period began. South Florida was covered by a warm, tropical lagoon in which the coastal ridge and limestone bedrock of the southern Everglades were formed.";
*/


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subject[0][6] = "128,000 years ago - The Pleistocene Epoch"; 
subject[0][7] = "The last interglacial warming period began. South Florida was covered by a warm, tropical lagoon in which the coastal ridge and limestone bedrock of the southern Everglades were formed.";

subject[1] = new Array(5);
subject[1][0] = "rc13198.jpg"; 
subject[1][1] = ""; 
subject[1][2] = "Everglades natives hunt mammoth";
subject[1][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[1][4] = "160"; 
subject[1][5] = "103";
subject[1][6] = "10000 BC  - Early Humans"; 
subject[1][7] = "Human settlement began in south Florida with the end of glacial era conditions. Paleo-Indian likely lived with mammoths and bison in an arid environment. With the extinction of these animals, the Paleo-Indians adapted to the changing climate and emerging wetlands.";

subject[2] = new Array(5);
subject[2][0] = "CypressKnees.jpg"; 
subject[2][1] = ""; 
subject[2][2] = "Primordial cypress swamps develop ";
subject[2][3] = "Courtesy: South Florida Water Management District";
subject[2][4] = "160"; 
subject[2][5] = "127";
subject[2][6] = "5000 BC to 700 BC - Birth of the Everglades"; 
subject[2][7] = "During the Post Glacial period, the sea level rose and Florida's land base diminished, setting climate change into motion.  Southern Florida's mangrove coast began to stabilize 5000 years ago, and the Everglades was born. Cypress swamps and hardwood forests characteristic of subtropical terrain began to develop.";

subject[3] = new Array(5);
subject[3][0] = "Indians.jpg"; 
subject[3][1] = ""; 
subject[3][2] = "Seafood provides sustenance";
subject[3][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[3][4] = "160"; 
subject[3][5] = "89";
subject[3][6] = "700 BC to AD 500 - Tropical Maritime Climate"; 
subject[3][7] = "Rising sea levels resulted in highly productive coastal environments, leading inhabitants to rely upon seafood and the exploitation of aquatic plants. South Florida was different from the rest of the peninsula because of its tropical maritime climate.";

subject[4] = new Array(5);
subject[4][0] = "01_1765Florida-map.jpg"; 
subject[4][1] = ""; 
subject[4][2] = "Early map illustrates ";
subject[4][3] = "Allen Morris";
subject[4][4] = "160"; 
subject[4][5] = "119";
subject[4][6] = "1800  Early Attitudes about Wetlands"; 
subject[4][7] = "The native people of the Everglades were reduced to small numbers as a result of slave raids by Spanish explorers and European diseases.  An early map illustrates the attitude that would prevail until modern times: Florida's swamps were utterly useless and its native people, expendable.";

subject[5] = new Array(5);
subject[5][0] = "02_N046352-.jpg"; 
subject[5][1] = ""; 
subject[5][2] = "Mouth of the Miami River";
subject[5][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[5][4] = "160"; 
subject[5][5] = "86";
subject[5][6] = "1835 The Origins of Miami "; 
subject[5][7] = "Fort Dallas was established as a military post near the mouth of the Miami River, on land destined later to become the city of Miami.";

subject[6] = new Array(5);
subject[6][0] = "03_rc19692.jpg"; 
subject[6][1] = ""; 
subject[6][2] = "Portrait, Buckingham Smith ";
subject[6][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[6][4] = "160"; 
subject[6][5] = "211";
subject[6][6] = "1835 Drainage of Everglades Advocated"; 
subject[6][7] = "Engineer Buckingham Smith was hired to examine and survey the South Florida wilderness, reporting on its value and feasibility for reclamation. His report to the 30th Congress, advocating drainage of the Everglades, was published as Senate Document No. 242.";

subject[7] = new Array(5);
subject[7][0] = ""; 
subject[7][1] = ""; 
subject[7][2] = "";
subject[7][3] = "";
subject[7][4] = ""; 
subject[7][5] = "";
subject[7][6] = "1850 Swamplands Act"; 
subject[7][7] = "Congress passed the Swamplands Act, which authorized the transfer of 20 million acres to the state of Florida for the purpose of drainage and reclamation.";

subject[8] = new Array(5);
subject[8][0] = "04_rc02832.jpg"; 
subject[8][1] = ""; 
subject[8][2] = "Portrait, Hamilton Disston";
subject[8][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[8][4] = "160"; 
subject[8][5] = "227";
subject[8][6] = "1881 Hamilton Disston"; 
subject[8][7] = "The first Everglades reclamation effort was launched. Philadelphia millionaire Hamilton Disston bought 4 million acres from the state of Florida for $1 million; within 10 years he drained 50,000 acres and cut 11 miles of canals.";

subject[9] = new Array(5);
subject[9][0] = "05_rc09311.jpg"; 
subject[9][1] = ""; 
subject[9][2] = "Dredging of an Everglades canal";
subject[9][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com ";
subject[9][4] = "160"; 
subject[9][5] = "107";
subject[9][6] = "1882 Disston Dredges Florida"; 
subject[9][7] = "The Okeechobee Land Company and the Atlantic and the Gulf Coast Canal Company, both owned by Hamilton Disston, drained the Everglades by excavating a canal south of Lake Okeechobee in the direction of Miami. Additionally, Disston dredged a navigable waterway from Lake Okeechobee north to Kissimmee and west to the Gulf of Mexico, facilitating steamboat traffic.";

subject[10] = new Array(5);
subject[10][0] = "06_rc07108.jpg"; 
subject[10][1] = ""; 
subject[10][2] = "Frost-damaged citrus crop";
subject[10][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[10][4] = "160"; 
subject[10][5] = "87";
subject[10][6] = "1894-95  Citrus Freeze "; 
subject[10][7] = "When winter freezes destroyed citrus crops as far south as Palm Beach, railroad magnate Henry Flagler became convinced that America's winter crops would have to be moved further south down the peninsula, and Flagler extended his Florida East Coast Railroad to Biscayne Bay.";

subject[11] = new Array(5);
subject[11][0] = "07_rc07782.jpg"; 
subject[11][1] = ""; 
subject[11][2] = "Florida East Coast Railway Steam Engine #153";
subject[11][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[11][4] = "160"; 
subject[11][5] = "224";
subject[11][6] = "1896 The Railroad Reaches Miami"; 
subject[11][7] = "Florida East Coast Railway was completed from Palm Beach to Miami. The first train entered Miami on April 13, 1896.";

subject[12] = new Array(5);
subject[12][0] = ""; 
subject[12][1] = ""; 
subject[12][2] = "";
subject[12][3] = "";
subject[12][4] = ""; 
subject[12][5] = "";
subject[12][6] = "1903 Floods Destroy Crops"; 
subject[12][7] = "Floods destroy crops in South Florida, and President Teddy Roosevelt transfers more federally owned land to the state.";

subject[13] = new Array(5);
subject[13][0] = "08_gv000436a-1.jpg"; 
subject[13][1] = ""; 
subject[13][2] = "Napoleon Bonaparte Broward taking oath of office";
subject[13][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[13][4] = "160"; 
subject[13][5] = "129";
subject[13][6] = "1904  Broward Elected Governor"; 
subject[13][7] = 'Running on the promise to wring the last drop of water out of that "pestilence-ridden swamp" and to create an "Empire of the Everglades," Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward was elected as Governor.';

subject[14] = new Array(5);
subject[14][0] = "09_pr20328-.jpg"; 
subject[14][1] = ""; 
subject[14][2] = "Guy Bradley, Audubon warden";
subject[14][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[14][4] = "160"; 
subject[14][5] = "166";
subject[14][6] = "1905 Death of a Game Warden"; 
subject[14][7] = "The National Audubon Society hired Guy Bradley to protect heron and egret rookeries from an influx of poachers and plume hunters who slaughtered birds by the thousands. Bradley was killed while investigating shots heard near a rookery. After his death, the public demanded protection for the wading birds' remaining colonies.";

subject[15] = new Array(5);
subject[15][0] = "10_n028658.jpg"; 
subject[15][1] = ""; 
subject[15][2] = "Drainage District established";
subject[15][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[15][4] = "160"; 
subject[15][5] = "103";
subject[15][6] = "1905 Everglades Drainage District"; 
subject[15][7] = "Florida Legislature passed an act establishing a board of drainage commissioners with the power to build canals, establish drainage districts, and levy annual taxes on landowners within the district. The Everglades Drainage District was established.";

subject[16] = new Array(5);
subject[16][0] = "11_n038880.jpg"; 
subject[16][1] = ""; 
subject[16][2] = "Dredging the Caloosahatchee River";
subject[16][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[16][4] = "160"; 
subject[16][5] = "104";
subject[16][6] = "1906 The Dredging Continues"; 
subject[16][7] = "Work was started on the North New River Canal, the first in south Florida's system of drainage canals, and the Caloosahatchee River, in southwestern Florida.";

subject[17] = new Array(5);
subject[17][0] = "12_Melaluca.jpg"; 
subject[17][1] = ""; 
subject[17][2] = "Grove of Melaleuca Trees";
subject[17][3] = "Russell Sparkman";
subject[17][4] = "160"; 
subject[17][5] = "106";
subject[17][6] = "1906 Melaleuca Trees Introduced"; 
subject[17][7] = "First imported from Australia as an ornamental tree, Melaleuca was later planted in efforts to help drain south Florida's wetlands. Today, this invasive species covers 359,000 acres of South Florida, 47,000 of which support little else. Its control/eradication is among the Everglades Restoration Plan's principal goals.";

subject[18] = new Array(5);
subject[18][0] = "13_pr06644.jpg"; 
subject[18][1] = ""; 
subject[18][2] = "Map depicting major canals in south Florida";
subject[18][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[18][4] = "160"; 
subject[18][5] = "249";
subject[18][6] = "1909 The Wright Report"; 
subject[18][7] = 'The USDA released a preliminary (and flawed) evaluation on the feasibility of draining the Everglades. Written by James Wright, the "Wright report" described digging eight canals from Lake Okeechobee southeast through the Everglades to reclaim approximately two million acres of Everglades for farming and development, at a cost of one dollar per acre. Soon after, the Everglades Drainage District dynamited rapids on the Miami River and a land boom began.';

subject[19] = new Array(5);
subject[19][0] = "14_n040383.jpg"; 
subject[19][1] = ""; 
subject[19][2] = "Boat on the Intracoastal Waterway";
subject[19][3] = "Everglades Digital Library";
subject[19][4] = "160"; 
subject[19][5] = "97";
subject[19][6] = "1911  Intracoastal Waterway Completed"; 
subject[19][7] = "The Intracoastal Waterway, originally known as the Florida East Coast Canal, was completed. It stretched from Jacksonville in north Florida to Miami's Biscayne Bay in south Florida. Also, North New River Canal was completed from Lake Okeechobee to the New River.";

subject[20] = new Array(5);
subject[20][0] = "15_rc05538.jpg"; 
subject[20][1] = ""; 
subject[20][2] = "Map of Florida East Coast Railway and Steamship connections";
subject[20][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[20][4] = "160"; 
subject[20][5] = "121";
subject[20][6] = "1911  Florida East Coast Railway"; 
subject[20][7] = "Florida East Coast Railway reached Key West, crossing 91 miles of road and 38 bridges. The railroad's construction constricts the flow of water between Florida Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, affecting both the bay and the chain of coral reefs off the eastern shore of the Florida Keys.";

subject[21] = new Array(5);
subject[21][0] = "16_rc05458.jpg"; 
subject[21][1] = ""; 
subject[21][2] = "Harvesting potato crops";
subject[21][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[21][4] = "160"; 
subject[21][5] = "110";
subject[21][6] = "1914-1918  Lure of farming"; 
subject[21][7] = "Greater numbers of settlers in the region of Lake Okeechobee took up truck farming in response to an increasing demand for agricultural products during World War I.  Lighter than usual rainfall during the growing season resulted in highly productive yields during these years.";

subject[22] = new Array(5);
subject[22][0] = "17_RC06127-.jpg"; 
subject[22][1] = ""; 
subject[22][2] = "Dredging the Tamiami Canal";
subject[22][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[22][4] = "160"; 
subject[22][5] = "107";
subject[22][6] = "1921 Drainage Spurs Growth"; 
subject[22][7] = "With partial drainage of the Everglades came dramatic growth in south Florida. News reports in the north described glamour and financial promise, and new cities such as Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Boca Raton, Naples and Marco Island began to emerge throughout south Florida.";

subject[23] = new Array(5);
subject[23][0] = "18_TamTrailBlazers.jpg"; 
subject[23][1] = ""; 
subject[23][2] = "Tamiami Trail Blazers stopped for lunch";
subject[23][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[23][4] = "160"; 
subject[23][5] = "95";
subject[23][6] = "1923  The Tamiami Trail Blazers"; 
subject[23][7] = 'Financial delays threatened the Tamiami Trail project, a road that would link the west and east coasts of south Florida. To demonstrate it\'s feasibility and desirability, a group called the "Tamiami Trail Blazers" led a caravan of Fords, tractors and wagons across the incomplete roadway. The trip took ten days.';

subject[24] = new Array(5);
subject[24][0] = "19_rc07580.jpg"; 
subject[24][1] = ""; 
subject[24][2] = "Flooded Farm Fields";
subject[24][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[24][4] = "160"; 
subject[24][5] = "114";
subject[24][6] = "1924  Farmers Abandon Flooded Lands"; 
subject[24][7] = "The drainage of lands around Lake Okeechobee led to rapid subsidence of the peat soils. The loss of soils enabled repeated flooding of the area's crops, forcing the area's farmer's to abandon their farms and move away. ";

subject[25] = new Array(5);
subject[25][0] = "20_n031954.jpg"; 
subject[25][1] = ""; 
subject[25][2] = "Hurricane-damaged home";
subject[25][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[25][4] = "160"; 
subject[25][5] = "95";
subject[25][6] = "1926  Hurricane"; 
subject[25][7] = "During the September 16 hurricane, stormwaters spilled over a dike in Palm Beach County, destroying 13,000 homes and farms, and killing more than 400 people. ";

subject[26] = new Array(5);
subject[26][0] = "21_rc01674.jpg"; 
subject[26][1] = ""; 
subject[26][2] = "Parade celebrating opening of Tamiami Trail";
subject[26][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[26][4] = "160"; 
subject[26][5] = "105";
subject[26][6] = "1928 Tamiami Trail Completed"; 
subject[26][7] = "The Tamiami Trail connected Florida's two tropical coasts for the first time, leading to a tourism boom. To mark the occasion, a 500-car motorcade journeyed from Ft. Meyers to Miami. ";

subject[27] = new Array(5);
subject[27][0] = "22_TruckCoffinsBeleGlade192.jpg"; 
subject[27][1] = ""; 
subject[27][2] = "Coffin-laden Trucks";
subject[27][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[27][4] = "160"; 
subject[27][5] = "95";
subject[27][6] = "1928  Hurricane Devastates Belle Glade"; 
subject[27][7] = "With winds reaching 135 miles per hour, a hurricane laid waist to Belle Glade, perched precariously on the southern rim of Lake Okeechobee. Within an hour, a wall of water from the lake drowned nearly 2,000 people; the survivors piled bodies in the courthouse. The devastation that wiped out homes, farms and businesses forced the Federal Government to recognize the need for water control around Lake Okeechobee. The plans called for the construction of a massive levee - eventually called the Hoover Dike - to be constructed around the lake's southern rim.";

subject[28] = new Array(5);
subject[28][0] = "23_rc06765.jpg"; 
subject[28][1] = ""; 
subject[28][2] = "Hoover Dike construction underway";
subject[28][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[28][4] = "160"; 
subject[28][5] = "127";
subject[28][6] = "1930 Hoover Dike Construction Begins"; 
subject[28][7] = "The first phase of construction of the Hoover Dike was authorized by the passage of the River and Harbor Act of 1930. The act authorized the construction of 67.8 miles of levee along Lake Okeechobee's south shore, and 15.7 miles of levee along the northern shore. The multi-year public works project became a boost to the area's economy during the Depression.";

subject[29] = new Array(5);
subject[29][0] = "24_rc21051a.jpg"; 
subject[29][1] = ""; 
subject[29][2] = "Aerial View of Miami Beach";
subject[29][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[29][4] = "160"; 
subject[29][5] = "98";
subject[29][6] = "1931 Drought and Saltwater Intrusion"; 
subject[29][7] = "Emerging coastal cities, such as Miami, were dependent upon freshwater supplies from the Everglades. An extended drought lowered fresh water tables and increased the threat of seawater intrusion into water supplies.";

subject[30] = new Array(5);
subject[30][0] = "25_n031887.jpg"; 
subject[30][1] = ""; 
subject[30][2] = "East Coast Railway tracks destroyed by hurricane";
subject[30][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[30][4] = "160"; 
subject[30][5] = "92";
subject[30][6] = "1935 Railroad Destroyed"; 
subject[30][7] = "The tracks of the Florida East Coast Railway were destroyed when a devastating hurricane struck the Florida Keys in Matecumbe, killing 409 people. The destruction led to the subsequent abandonment of the railroad bed, which eventually became the foundation of the Overseas Highway.";

subject[31] = new Array(5);
subject[31][0] = "26_rc00860.jpg"; 
subject[31][1] = ""; 
subject[31][2] = "Ex-President Herbert Hoover at dike dedication (2nd from L.)";
subject[31][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[31][4] = "160"; 
subject[31][5] = "109";
subject[31][6] = "1937  Hoover Dike Completed"; 
subject[31][7] = "Wrapping around three quarters of Lake Okeechobee, and extending 18 to 22 feet about the lake's normal levels, the completed $23million dollar Hoover Dike promised to protect the area from the floods that plagued the region. ";

subject[32] = new Array(5);
subject[32][0] = "27_GE1580.jpg"; 
subject[32][1] = ""; 
subject[32][2] = "The Everglades wetlands burned";
subject[32][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[32][4] = "160"; 
subject[32][5] = "118";
subject[32][6] = "1943-44   Wildfires Rage"; 
subject[32][7] = 'Decades of drainage projects that desiccated the land, exacerbated by severe droughts, created tinderbox conditions. Dramatic wildfires swept across the Everglades region. The fires consumed the dried, organic soils; they disappeared forever and the wetlands that were the Everglades became known as a "dust bowl."';

subject[33] = new Array(5);
subject[33][0] = "28_pr07057.jpg"; 
subject[33][1] = ""; 
subject[33][2] = "Marjory Stoneham Douglas signing autographs";
subject[33][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[33][4] = "160"; 
subject[33][5] = "126";
subject[33][6] = "1947  Everglades: River of Grass Published"; 
subject[33][7] = "The Everglades River of Grass was published by pioneering conservationist Marjory Stoneham Douglas. As the definitive work about the Everglades, it called the world's attention to the need to preserve this unique ecosystem.";

subject[34] = new Array(5);
subject[34][0] = "29_rc07579.jpg"; 
subject[34][1] = ""; 
subject[34][2] = "Cow swims through flood";
subject[34][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[34][4] = "160"; 
subject[34][5] = "125";
subject[34][6] = "1947 Dairy Moves to Kissimmee"; 
subject[34][7] = "In one season, 108 inches of rain were dropped on parts of South Florida by summer thunderstorms and a pair of hurricanes. The floods forced dairy farmers out of Dade and Broward counties and in the Kissimmee River valley. ";

subject[35] = new Array(5);
subject[35][0] = "30_rc05506.jpg"; 
subject[35][1] = ""; 
subject[35][2] = "Signing the executive order to create Everglades National Park";
subject[35][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[35][4] = "160"; 
subject[35][5] = "127";
subject[35][6] = "1947 Park Established"; 
subject[35][7] = "Beginning in 1928, Ernest F. Coe, a landscape architect smitten by the beauty of the Everglades, fought, almost single-handedly, to establish an Everglades National Park.  His dream was realized on June 20, 1947.  ";

subject[36] = new Array(5);
subject[36][0] = ""; 
subject[36][1] = ""; 
subject[36][2] = "";
subject[36][3] = "";
subject[36][4] = ""; 
subject[36][5] = "";
subject[36][6] = "1949 Congress Authorized Flood Control"; 
subject[36][7] = "Congress authorized the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project (the precursor of the South Florida Water Management District) to provide flood protection and water supply to the residents of South Florida.  ";

subject[37] = new Array(5);
subject[37][0] = "31_rc16550.jpg"; 
subject[37][1] = ""; 
subject[37][2] = "Lock, dam and spillway structure on the Kissimmee River";
subject[37][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[37][4] = "160"; 
subject[37][5] = "127";
subject[37][6] = "1962 Straightening the Kissimmee"; 
subject[37][7] = "The Army Corps of Engineers began channelizing the Kissimmee River, destroying 48,000 acres of marsh in the interest of flood control. ";

subject[38] = new Array(5);
subject[38][0] = "32_rc16544.jpg"; 
subject[38][1] = ""; 
subject[38][2] = "Water Conservation Area";
subject[38][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[38][4] = "160"; 
subject[38][5] = "127";
subject[38][6] = "1963 Water Conservation Areas Established"; 
subject[38][7] = "A system of canals and levees were completed, dividing the central Everglades into three Water Conservation Areas (WCA). The Florida Freshwater Game and Fish Commission assumed management of WCA 2 and WCA 3. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began leasing WCA 1, better known as the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, from the state.";

subject[39] = new Array(5);
subject[39][0] = "33_c678617.jpg"; 
subject[39][1] = ""; 
subject[39][2] = "Aerial view of Disney World";
subject[39][3] = "Florida Photographic Collection/FloridaMemory.com";
subject[39][4] = "160"; 
subject[39][5] = "131";
subject[39][6] = "1971 Disney World Opens"; 
subject[39][7] = "With the opening of Disney World in Orlando, tourism surged anew in Florida, as did rapid development of the Orlando region, and increased pressures on water resources.";

subject[40] = new Array(5);
subject[40][0] = "34_C-38_DredgedMaterial.jpg"; 
subject[40][1] = ""; 
subject[40][2] = "A straightened Kissimmee River";
subject[40][3] = "South Florida Water Management District";
subject[40][4] = "160"; 
subject[40][5] = "105";
subject[40][6] = "1971 Kissimmee Canal Completed"; 
subject[40][7] = "The Army Corps of Engineers, as part of the Central and Southern Florida Project for Flood Control, completed the straightening of the Kissimmee River, Lake Okeechobee's largest tributary. As a result, some 45,000 acres of floodplain became pasture.";

subject[41] = new Array(5);
subject[41][0] = "35_FAK_cub.jpg"; 
subject[41][1] = ""; 
subject[41][2] = "Remote camera photo of female panther and cub";
subject[41][3] = "© Mark Lotz / FFWCC";
subject[41][4] = "160"; 
subject[41][5] = "112";
subject[41][6] = "1974 Public Lands Secured"; 
subject[41][7] = "Big Cypress National Preserve was created and the first purchase of land creating Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park was made, part of an ongoing process of public acquisition of lands for conservation and protection of water resources. The Fakahatchee provides essential habitat for rare plants and animals, such as Ghost orchids and the Florida panther.";

subject[42] = new Array(5);
subject[42][0] = ""; 
subject[42][1] = ""; 
subject[42][2] = "";
subject[42][3] = "";
subject[42][4] = ""; 
subject[42][5] = "";
subject[42][6] = "1976 Kissimmee River Restoration Act"; 
subject[42][7] = "Within a few years of the completion of the Kissimmee River channelization project, the Florida legislature passed the Kissimmee River Restoration Act, mandating the development of restoration measures.";

subject[43] = new Array(5);
subject[43][0] = "36_Cattails.jpg"; 
subject[43][1] = ""; 
subject[43][2] = "";
subject[43][3] = "";
subject[43][4] = "160"; 
subject[43][5] = "106";
subject[43][6] = "1979  Cattails in Conservation Areas"; 
subject[43][7] = "The decision to pump storm water from the Everglades Agricultural Area into the Water Conservation Areas, instead of into Lake Okeechobee, resulted in the spread of phosphorus-loving cattails across the northern Everglades.";
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subject[44] = new Array(5);
subject[44][0] = "37_kiss.jpg"; 
subject[44][1] = ""; 
subject[44][2] = "Backfilling the Kissimmee River canal";
subject[44][3] = "South Florida Water Management District";
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subject[44][5] = "105";
subject[44][6] = "1999 Kissimmee Backfilling Begins"; 
subject[44][7] = "The Army Corps of Engineers began the process of backfilling eight miles of the Kissimmee River, starting restoration efforts in the River basin. For every mile of canal that was backfilled, approximately two-miles of meandering river flow was recovered. So have bird and fish populations, an early demonstration of success for the Everglades Restoration Project.";

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subject[45][2] = "A water control structure for flood control and water management ";
subject[45][3] = "Pat Lynch / SFWMD";
subject[45][4] = "160"; 
subject[45][5] = "104";
subject[45][6] = "2000 CERP Authorized"; 
subject[45][7] = "Congress passed legislation to implement the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), the largest environmental restoration effort in history. The ground-breaking statute calls for a federal-state partnership dedicated to restoring the natural system while continuing to provide flood control and water supply for urban areas - a delicate balancing act. ";

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subject[46][6] = "2001 Funding initiated"; 
subject[46][7] = "On November 3, Congress passed Restoring the Everglades, an American Legacy (REAL) Act (S. 2797), authorizing and initiating funding for the $7.8 billion Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.";

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subject[47][1] = ""; 
subject[47][2] = "A CERP construction project ";
subject[47][3] = "Pat Lynch / SFWMD";
subject[47][4] = "160"; 
subject[47][5] = "112";
subject[47][6] = "2005 Restoration Milestone"; 
subject[47][7] = "In its fifth year, CERP is now a $10.5 billion mission spanning 30 years with more than 50 individual projects including the construction of water storage reservoirs, treatment marshes, and removal of manmade barriers blocking historic flow.  ";

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