Word: wetlands
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Allen remembers a lightning bolt. "I ran out of class to get Bob, who said, 'Oh my God!' " He recalls, "We rushed to the site, tramping around in the mud." Their solution: filter the postoxidation pond water through a man-made wetland before piping it into the bay. The process is called polishing. Algae and other potentially harmful microbes cling naturally to swamp plant roots, starting a food chain. Filter-feeding organisms in the marsh water eat them...
After the game, Crimson Coach Cooney Wetland called this thriller "one of the greatest team victories in the history of Harvard hockey," and he deserved much of the credit. Wetland suspended three of his regulars for fighting in the Beanpot final against B.U. As a result, two of the four Harvard defensemen who skated against Cornell had never before played for the varsity. Partly because of that, Cornell "came in probably a little overconfident," says Kent parrot...
Today very little untouched wetland remains, especially in Dade and Broward counties. They get much of their water from a formation called the Biscayne Aquifer, extending from Miami on the east to the Everglades on the west. But heavily populated Miami and its environs draw so much water that the water table is rapidly falling, permitting sea water to seep into the aquifer. Only in the Everglades, where the land over the aquifer is still unpaved, can this reservoir be effectively resupplied. To make matters worse, Florida has been suffering through a decade of sparse rainfall, which has dried...
...took little notice of the new settlers until a real estate boom was well under way. Now at least 600 people live in the area. Most bought their property before 1978, when the Environmental Protection Agency began a $1.2 million East Everglades study that became part of a national wetlands preservation program. Many put up dwellings without building permits. Those who dug water holes rarely bothered to tell the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which supervises wetland areas. When officials finally served summonses and cease-and-desist orders, some were run off at gunpoint...
Dade County's board of commissioners is about to consider the zoning change. But the residents, who are already suing the county to save their homesteads, contend that the land is no longer a true wetland. They are determined to fight for every square inch. As one told County Planner Sam Poole, "If we don't get justice through the courts we'll get it with our guns...