Miscellany

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On Memorial Day Weekend the Country Club of Miami experienced the most serious flood in its history, at least until that point in time.This flood revealed numerous shortcomings of flood mitigation planning and execution. The CCM WorkGroup is attempting to work with county officials to do whatever is possible to prevent or lessen the impact of future flood events. Some of the shortcomings that we are trying to address are:

Irregular groundwater level monitoring
Irregular rainfall monitoring
Inadequate flood mitigation pumping capacity at the North Augusta and West Oakmont pumping stations.
No generator backup for pumping stations
Weed, debris and silt-choked drainage canals
Insufficient coordination between the county and the S Florida Water Management District

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I usually try to walk several miles per day. In the course of these amblings I often run across wild life of various sorts. However, yesterday was exceptional in that I encountered so may dangerous species. My first encounter was with the dreaded Florida mud turtle. I stealthily snuck up on them and captured this photograph of the turtles sunning themselves in a seemingly benign way. Upon sensing my presence, they immediately charged me and I had to run for my life. The only reason I escaped with my life was because I was able to jump the golf course fence.

After jumping the fence, things got worse. Elevating my vision to the barren branches of a large tree I was confronted by a portentious

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Things have changed since 1971 when this picture was taken at the corner (when it was a corner) of the Palmetto Expressway and 67^th Avenue.

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Here is proof that you don't need to travel to the wilds of Alaska, secret rivers in the heart of the Amazon or 20 miles offshore in the Gulf Stream. In May of 2019 Mike Dmytriw of West Oakmont Drive hauled this this 34-inch Snook from the canal in his backyard.

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Originally, the Country Club of Miami consisted of three golf courses: East, West and South. The East and West courses are still similar to their original design. The South course was opened in 1970 and was no longer in use by the early 80s. Subsequently, a new course was built atop the old South course and called The Golf Club of Miami - South in 1990. By 1994 the South course had been abandoned and was converted to a passive park by Dade County Parks and Recreation. We are missing scorecards for the South course as it was originally designed in 1968. If you are in possession of one of the scorecards please contact us.