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In the 1950s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rose to the top of her list of enemies. In a major construction program, a complex system of canals, levees, dams, and pump stations was built to provide protection from seasonal flooding to former marsh land – now being used for agriculture and real estate development.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is named after a woman who tried to stop the government from DRAINING THE SWAMP.