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The airstrip was intended in the 1960s for a massive jetport that, with its access corridors east and west, would have trashed Florida’s greatest natural resource, the Everglades.—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2026 Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 People who were at the jetport between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday might have been exposed, the agency said.—CBS News, 22 Sep. 2020 Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior.—Alex Harris, miamiherald, 11 July 2018