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Author : Judith Bauer Stamper
Release : 1993
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 598/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Save the Everglades! by : Judith Bauer Stamper
Download or read book Save the Everglades! written by Judith Bauer Stamper. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the successful efforts of concerned citizens to stop construction of a jetport that would have destroyed the Florida Everglades.
Author : Sandra Neil Wallace
Release : 2020-09-22
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 551/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Marjory Saves the Everglades by : Sandra Neil Wallace
Download or read book Marjory Saves the Everglades written by Sandra Neil Wallace. This book was released on 2020-09-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Vibrant…an ideal starting point for further learning.” —School Library Journal “A lively portrayal of Douglas as a remarkable individual and a significant environmental activist.” —Booklist From acclaimed children’s book biographer Sandra Neil Wallace comes the inspiring and little-known story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the remarkable journalist who saved the Florida Everglades from development and ruin. Marjory Stoneman Douglas didn’t intend to write about the Everglades but when she returned to Florida from World War I, she hardly recognized the place that was her home. The Florida that Marjory knew was rapidly disappearing—the rare orchids, magnificent birds, and massive trees disappearing with it. Marjory couldn’t sit back and watch her home be destroyed—she had to do something. Thanks to Marjory, a part of the Everglades became a national park and the first park not created for sightseeing, but for the benefit of animals and plants. Without Marjory, the part of her home that she loved so much would have been destroyed instead of the protected wildlife reserve it has become today.
Author : W. Hodding Carter
Release : 2007-11-01
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 854/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Stolen Water by : W. Hodding Carter
Download or read book Stolen Water written by W. Hodding Carter. This book was released on 2007-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riotous journey through America's most controversial, beautifully unapproachable, and abused wilderness -- the Florida Everglades. In December 2000, President Clinton signed into law a $7.8 billion restoration plan for the Everglades that garnered national attention and has since become America's touchstone for environmental issues. Enter W. Hodding Carter, a man already bemused by the state of Florida and determined to see what, if any, progress has been made with the Everglades. For reasons unclear even to him, this amazing, remote, mosquito-infested, hard-to-love region has captured Carter's imagination and won't let go. So, for the past few years, Carter has examined the Everglades from all angles -- social, political, cultural, environmental -- culminating in an ungodly canoe trip through the heart of the Everglades. But this being Hodding Carter -- a man who sailed a Viking ship dressed in serge for one book and followed in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark for another -- a canoe trip the length of the Everglades is merely the tip of the iceberg. Stolen Water finds him adopting a manatee, and auditioning to be a mermaid at Weeki Wachee Springs -- not enough that he reports on things, he actually has to do them, too, often to hilarious effect. In the end, though, his tireless reporting reveals the Everglades as never before. Not content with merely observing, he also interviews all the key players, from environmentalists to sugar farmers to Senator Bob Graham, and gives them just enough rope to hang themselves. Always humane, often controversial, and highly readable, Hodding Carter has brought to life this murky, alluring place through his powerful eyewitness account and swampy mishaps. Stolen Water is narrative nonfiction at its best, from one of our most talented and funny writers.
Author : Amy Green
Release : 2021-03-02
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 369/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Moving Water by : Amy Green
Download or read book Moving Water written by Amy Green. This book was released on 2021-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing exposé tackles some of the most important issues of our time: Is it possible to save a complex ecosystem such as the Everglades—or, once degraded, are such ecological wonders gone forever? What kind of commitments—economic, scientific, and social—will it take to rescue our vulnerable natural resources? What influences do special interests wield in our everyday lives, and what does it take to push real reform through our democracy? A must-read for anyone fascinated by stories of political intrigue and the work of environmental crusaders like Erin Brockovich, as well as anyone who cares about the future of Florida, this book reveals why the Everglades serve as a model—and a warning—for environmental restoration efforts worldwide.
Author : Tom Shirley
Release : 2012-09-03
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 771/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Everglades Patrol by : Tom Shirley
Download or read book Everglades Patrol written by Tom Shirley. This book was released on 2012-09-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As law enforcement officer and game manager for the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Lt. Tom Shirley was the law in one of the last true frontiers in the nation--the Florida Everglades. In Everglades Patrol, Shirley shares the stories from his beat--an ecosystem larger than the state of Rhode Island. His vivid narrative includes dangerous tales of hunting down rogue gladesmen and gators and airboat chases through the wetlands in search of illegal hunters and moonshiners. During his thirty-year career (1955-1985), Shirley saw the Glades go from frontier wilderness to "ruination" at the hands of the Army Corps of Engineers. He watched as dikes cut off the water flow and controlled floods submerged islands that had supported man and animals for 3,000 years, killing much of the wildlife he was sworn to protect.
