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.
Als ihre Anzahl Mitte des 20. Jh. immer weiter stieg, auf 900, 1 000, 1 100, 1 200, begannen wir, die südlichen  Everglades zu entwässern.