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Miami-Dade to pursue permanent protection of county-owned lands used for 'Alligator Alcatraz'
With 'Alligator Alcatraz' being torn down, Miami-Dade is moving to transfer the county-owned land to conservation partners.
With the Everglades Detention Facility, known commonly as "Alligator Alcatraz," in the process of deconstruction following Governor Ron DeSantis' announcement of its closure, the question now posed is what will the land that the facility took up be used for next?
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced on Thursday the administration's intent to pursue the sale and transfer of all of the county-controlled lands at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, the land where the facility stands, to the National Park Service and other authorized Everglades restoration …
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