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The day before committing suicide Teele had had another telephone conversation with DeFede who recorded this call without Teele's knowledge which was illegal under Florida law DeFede admitted to the Herald's management that he had taped the call Although the paper used quotes from the tape in its coverage DeFede was fired the next day for violating the paper's code of ethics and he was likely guilty of a felony, PortMiami is the world's largest cruise ship port. The idea of a national park for the Everglades was pitched in 1928 when a Miami land developer named Ernest F Coe established the Everglades Tropical National Park Association it had enough support to be declared a national park by Congress in 1934 it took another 13 years to be dedicated on December 6 1947 One month before the dedication of the park a former editor from the Miami Herald and freelance writer named Marjory Stoneman Douglas released her first book titled the Everglades: River of Grass After researching the region for five years she described the history and ecology of the South Florida in great detail She characterized the Everglades as a river instead of a stagnant swamp the last chapter was titled "The Eleventh Hour" and warned that the Everglades were dying although it could be reversed, By late 1975 after seven years at the helm Charles Perry felt he had accomplished his goal and left the university to become president and publisher of the Sunday newspaper magazine Family Weekly (later USA Weekend) one of the country's largest magazines When he left there were more than 10,000 students attending classes and a campus with five major buildings and a sixth being planned.

. A Brazilian pepper or Florida holly (Schinus terebinthifolius) has also wreaked havoc on the Everglades exhibiting a tendency to spread rapidly and to crowd out native species of plants as well as to create inhospitable environments for native animals It is especially difficult to eradicate and is readily propagated by birds which eat its small red berries the Brazilian pepper problem is not exclusive to the Everglades; neither is the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) which is a widespread problem in Florida's waterways a major threat to endemic species and is difficult and costly to eradicate the Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) may be causing the most harm to restoration as it blankets areas thickly making it impossible for animals to pass through it also climbs up trees and creates "fire ladders" allowing parts of the trees to burn that would otherwise remain unharmed. .