Rare Florida Forest to be Bulldozed and Turned into Wal-Mart

Nature World: A plot of Miami-Dade forest home to rare plants and endangered species is to be torn down to make way for a Wal-Mart, a move that's causing alarm among some environmentalists. The University of Miami (UM) sold 88 acres of pine rockland to Ram, a Palm Beach County-based developer planning a 185,000-square-foot Wal-Mart, along with an LA Fitness, Chik-fil-A, Chili's and 900 apartments. Though the company agreed to set aside 40 acres for a preserve, it's not nearly big enough to hold the vast......

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