Introduction
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Scientific
Background
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Restoration
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A
Brief History of Florida's Environmental Movement
Restoration
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SWIM depositions
Mercury
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SWIM depositions
Ecosystem
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Eutrophication
of the marsh
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Hydrology
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Everglades
National Park
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Loxahatchee
N.W.R.
Economic
Analysis
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Research
Papers
Missing
Pieces in Ecosystem Restoration: The Case of the
Florida Everglades
Economic Systems Research, VoL 12, No. 3,
2000
RICHARD WEISSKOFF
(Received January 1999;
revised November 1999)
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SWIM
depositions
Remote
Sensing
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SWIM
depositions
Editorial:
Florida's Newsmakers of the Century
... The election of Napoleon
Bonaparte Broward as governor in 1904 ushered in the
20th century in Florida, for better and for worse. His
first message to the Legislature in 1905 advocated
fairer taxes, more money for schools, campaign expense
reporting and conservation laws. But his top priority,
so important he saved it for a separate speech, was
Everglades drainage. "That such work would reclaim
millions of acres of highly valuable land, I have no
doubt," he told the Legislature. "It is my
opinion it would be the best sugar land in the
South." Mr. Broward was right about the potential
for sugar but unaware of the environmental disaster his
program was to create, a disaster still billions of
dollars away from a remedy nearly a century later.
(Palm Beach Post, 12/26/99)
"The axiom for protecting the park
system is to consider that it is dedicated country,
hallowed ground to leave as beautiful as we have found
it, and not country in which man should be so impressed
with himself that he tries to improveGod's
handiwork." - David Brower (1912 - 2000)
To learn more about this environmental revolutionary,
visit
http://earthisland.org/brower/about.html.
Joanne Williams Photography, The Everglades (36
photos)
http://www.joannewilliamsphoto.com/gallery.php3?&g=5
Bob
Graham photo (1978):
http://www.lib.usf.edu/images/spccoll/f/flagov/g167.gif
The
Governor's Conference on Water Management in South
Florida (9/24/71)
"There is a water crisis in
South Florida today. This crisis has long-range
and short-range aspects. Every major water area in the
South Florida basin, Everglades National Park, the
conservation areas, Lake Okcechobce and the Kissimmee
Valley is steadily deteriorating in quality from a
variety of polluting sources that are detailed below.
The quantity of water, though potentially adequate for
today's demand, cannot now be managed effectively over
wet/dry cycles to assure a minimum adequate water supply
in extended drought periods." Statement to Gov.
Reubin O'D. Askew from 150 experts from the fields of
science, government, agriculture, and conservation on
five panels headed up by Professor John DeGrove, Florida
Atlantic University, and Professor Arthur Marshall,
University of Miami
How
Conservation Grew from a Whisper to a Roar
A special report highlighting many of
the milestones of the past 10 decades. ... A ripple
effect from public outrage over the 1905 murder of Guy
Bradley, an Audubon warden, as he worked to protect
Florida birds from plume seekers, helped lead to the
1913 passage of the Migratory Bird Act. The legislation
set uniform limits on hunting. Also, by declaring that
birds flying over state lines were a form of interstate
commerce, the act overruled conflicting or lax state
laws. Spring hunting and night shooting were banned,
though defiance was widespread, reflecting the nation's
deep divisions over conservation.
(National Wildlife Federation)
Everglades
Collection
University of Miami School of Law Library
Archives & Special Collections
Everglades
Collection Curator
1311 Miller Drive
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
(305) 284-4093
03/25/03
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