Introduction
• Scientific
Background
•
Restoration
•
A
Brief History of Florida's Environmental Movement
Restoration
• SWIM
depositions
Mercury
• SWIM
depositions
Ecosystem
• Eutrophication
of the marsh
•
Hydrology
•
Everglades
National Park
•
Loxahatchee
N.W.R.
Economic
Analysis
• 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)
• SWIM
depositions
Remote
Sensing
• 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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