And just as their numbers were rebounding in the mid-20th century — shooting up to 900, 1,000, 1,100, 1,200 — just as that started happening, we started draining the southern Everglades.
Y, según aumentaban a mediados del siglo XX, llegando a 900, 1000, 1100, 1200... se empezó a drenar el sur de los Everglades.