Posted by Rob on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
I'd heard about Jim's passing from several other birders, including Brian R. I hadn't visited Miami in nearly 40 years (my family had left back in the 80s, while I was away at college), so it was strange to see how so much had changed. It was not all bad, though I wished they'd been able to greenbelt more of the parks. The wild areas in the urban parts of Dade County seemed fragmented, with the exception of the bay shoreline. Very little of the pine forests remain, apart from some blocks in south Dade. On the plus side, Key Biscayne looks great sans Casuarinas, a lot of Everglades buffer areas are now protected, and north Key Largo is mostly parkland.