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The Picayune Strand State ForestF W tl d E t t F il dFrom Wetland Ecosystem to Failed Residential Development and Back
K th W lKathy Worleyand
David AddisonDavid Addison
Co-Directors, Environmental Science DepartmentConservancy of Southwest Florida
1450 Merrihue DriveNaples, Florida 34102
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What is this? - 1974
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONSModified Order 51 F. T. O.
IN THE MATTR OFIN THE MATTR OFCHARLES ANTELL, INC. ET AL.
ORDER REOPEXING PROCEEDING AND MODIFYIG ORDER TO CEASEAND DESIST, AND OPINION OF THE COMISSIOM
Docket 6102. Order and, Opinion, Nov. 1954
Order modifying cease and desist order of December 19, 1953 to bring it into conformity with the stipulated facts so as to prohibit representations that the main ingredient from a percentage standpoint in respondents' product Charles Antell Formula No. 9 was lanolin, and that said product would remedy the cause of cracked or split hair'product would remedy the cause of cracked or split hair .
Before Mr. John Levis hearing examiner.Mr. William L. Pencke for the Commission.
Mr. Bernard H. Herzfeld of Baltimore, Md. , for respondents
It is ordered that the respondent Charles Antell, Inc., a corporation, and its officers and respondents, Charles D. Kasher, Leonard L. Rosen and Julius. Rosen, individually, and respondent T. A. A., Inc. , a corporation, and its officers, and respondents respective agents, representatives and employees directly or through any corporate or other Charles Antellrepresentatives and employees , directly or through any corporate, or other Charles Antell Formula No. 9 and Charles Antell Shampoo, or device, in connection with the offering for sale or distribution of or any products of substantially similar composition or possessing substantially similar properties, whether sold under the same names or any other names, do forthwith cease and desist from directly or indirectly:
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Leonard Julius
Who were these guys and how did they end yup in Florida?
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Cape Coral - 1959Cape Coral 1959
Mangrove forest dredged in 1959 which is now Cape Coral.
Photograph reprinted from http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpm02003/flsgpm02003_part2h.pdf
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AdvertisementChicago Tribune
June 1967
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Tree Crusheree C us e
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A grid of roads and canalsg
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Golden Gate Ad – Chicago Tribune June 1967g
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Selling “Da Blocks” - Chicago Tribune June 1967g g
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Free flights – Free Meals – Free Sales Pitchg
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Remuda Ranch/Port of the Islands – GAC was everywhere y
Jump in; only 80% of the land is underwater
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The Demise of Gulf American Corporatione e se o Gu e ca Co po at o
1968 Grand Jury Investigation1968 – Grand Jury Investigation
July 1968 – Leonard Rosen retires
10 days later – Gulf American Corporation sold to General Acceptance CorporationGeneral Acceptance Corporation
1975 – Gulf American Corporation filed for Bankruptcy
1980 – General American Corporation was renamedAvatar Holdings Incorporated
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Golden Gate EstatesMap showing grid of roads and bisection of GAC holdings by I-75 into Northern Golden
Gate Estates and Southern Golden Gate EstatesGate Estates and Southern Golden Gate Estates
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Golden Gate EstatesCanal Systems
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Early Hydrologic Studiesa y yd o og c Stud es1974 - Black, Crow and Eidsness, Incorporated
surface and ground water hydrologyg y gy
1977 – Golden Gate Estates Redevelopment Study
1986 – Conservancy of SWFLgroundwater level fluctuations
1977 – Hydrologic Effects of the Canal System on Fakahatchee Strand
1988 – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Studyalternatives to modifying the Faka Union Canalalternatives to modifying the Faka Union Canal System
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Weirs on drainage canals - Southern Golden Gate Estatesg
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Miller Blvd. was once proposed as a hurricane evacuation route by a member of the Collier County Commissionby a member of the Collier County Commission
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Signs of the times! – Southern Golden Gate Estates g
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Agricultural Investmentg
Marijuana plant – 1 of 214
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Bad Luck Prairie – Dry Seasony
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Jeep Cherokee – Bad Luck Prairiep
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Some day all of the Bad Luck Prairie will look like thisy
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Will someone please tell me where on a warranty deed it says that a buyer is guaranteed to make money on land purchased in Florida, especially if g y y
the land is swamp.
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Miami Herald – 1987 Wall Street Journal - 1996
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Land Acquisition Progress
1995 15 0001995 – 15,000 acres acquired from property ownersp p y
1998 – U S Dept of the1998 – U.S. Dept. of the Interior Farm Bill money (25 million f h i l d)for purchasing land)
1998 – Lawsuit settled -2968 acres acquired
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Land Acquisition Progress
1998 – Florida cabinet purchased 8526 acres from Avatar
2001 – Florida cabinet authorized the State to offer 25% more2001 Florida cabinet authorized the State to offer 25% more than the appraised value to willing sellers
2002 G J b B h th i d i iti b i t2002 – Gov. Jeb Bush authorized acquisition by eminent domain (1800 acres)
2005 – Jesse Hardy sold his land (160 acres)
2005 – Miccosukee Tribe sold 800 acres to the State2005 Miccosukee Tribe sold 800 acres to the State
2006 – Acquisition Finally Completed
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1998 – Southern Golden Gate Estates was identified as an essential part of the esse t a pa t o t eeffort to restore the Western Everglades
Acceler 8 Projects
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Conservation areas surrounding Southern Golden Gate Estatesg
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And 35 years later…y
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Prairie Canal Today
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Acknowledgements
Mark Benedict
Gail Brett & Rob Levern
Chris Ramsey & Ruth DiDanato
Bill Branan
Michelle Conant
Mike Duever
Kim Dryden
Howard Yamataki
Mike BerryKim Dryden
Clarence Tears
Tony Polizos
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Tim Howard
Sonja DurrwatcherTony Polizos Sonja Durrwatcher