Built in the 1920s, the Tamiami Trail is a road that cuts the Everglades in half and acts like a dam blocking water flow from the north to Everglades National Park in the south.

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Last year, it blamed an increase in dropped cigarettes in Inverness for blocking drains and contaminating water that eventually reaches rivers and the sea.

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Opponents of the Tokushima dam argue that dams of similar design elsewhere have destroyed river habitats, blocking the flow of water and leading to an accumulation of sludge on the river bed.

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"Our patrol boat carried out restrictions on the vessel such as blocking its path and discharging water, " the coastguard said in a statement.

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Across the garden from the house is a small building, a casino, on a man-made knoll, which gives the illusion of a hilly topography while blocking sunlight glaring off the water beyond.

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