Author: Florida. Office of Greenways and TrailsPublisher:
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Category : Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (Fla.)
Languages : en
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Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway Management Plan
Author: Florida. Office of Greenways and TrailsPublisher:
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Category : Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (Fla.)
Languages : en
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The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area
Author: Florida. Office of Greenways and TrailsPublisher:
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Category : Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Connections
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Community Impact Assessment in Florida Transportation Projects
Author: University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation ResearchPublisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Marjorie Harris Carr
Author: Peggy MacdonaldPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047552
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Marjorie Harris Carr (1915-1997) is best known for leading the fight against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cross Florida Barge Canal. In this first full-length biography, Peggy Macdonald corrects many long-held misapprehensions about the self-described “housewife from Micanopy,” who struggled to balance career and family with her husband, Archie Carr, a pioneering conservation biologist. Born in Boston, Carr grew up in southwest Florida, exploring marshes and waterways and observing firsthand the impact of unchecked development on the state’s flora and fauna. Macdonald’s work depicts a determined woman and Phi Beta Kappa scholar who earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in zoology only to see her career thwarted by institutionalized gender discrimination. Carr launched her conservation career in the 1950s while raising five children and eventually became one of the century’s leading environmental activists. A series of ecological catastrophes in the 1960s placed Florida in the vanguard of the burgeoning environmental revolution as the nation’s developing eco-consciousness ushered in a wave of revolutionary legislation. With Carr serving as one of the most effective leaders of a powerful contingent of citizen activists who opposed dredging a canal across the state, “Free the Ocklawaha” became a rallying cry for environmentalists throughout the country. Marjorie Harris Carr is an intimate look at this remarkable woman who dedicated her life to conserving Florida’s wildlife and wild places. It is also a revelation of how the grassroots battle to save a small but vitally important river in central Florida transformed the modern environmental movement.
An Ocklawaha River Odyssey
Author: Elizabeth RandallPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439668744
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Photojournalists Bob and Liz Randall spent two years exploring Florida's ancient and enchanting Ocklawaha River. Their journey provides an inside look at the rich recreational resources of the river, its wildlife and the people, past and present, who contributed to its history and welfare. Along the way, they met artists, environmentalists, captains, law enforcement officials, conservationists, filmmakers, historians and local descendants whose lives are inextricably intertwined with the prehistoric river. From its subterranean and aquatic past to the Seminole Indian Wars, the steamboat era and political struggles, many voices are integral to the river's survival and to one of the longest environmental conflicts in Florida history.
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Author: Florida Administrative Register
Author: The Florida Trail
Author: Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9781565794924
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The 1,300-mile Florida National Scenic Trail spans the state from Big Cypress National Preserve near the Everglades to its beachfront terminus at Gulf Islands National Seashore. This long-distance hiking trail encounters more than 80 distinct habitats along the way, including dwarf cypress forests, pine flatwoods, sawgrass prairie, and coastal dunes. Perfect for day-, section-, and thru-hikers, The Florida Trail: The Official Hiking Guide is the first comprehensive guidebook on the Florida Trail. Book jacket.
Florida's Water
Author: Tom SwihartPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113652164X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Florida's Water poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and eventually submerge much of low-lying Florida, including the Everglades. How can Florida meet these extraordinary challenges? And what lessons does the Florida experience hold for other states? This book fully integrates the many diverse responsibilities of water management into a readable and compelling combination of interesting narratives and deep analysis. Author Tom Swihart's unique, intimate knowledge of Florida's successes and failures in water management brings out both the novelty of Florida's water situation and the features that it has in common with other states.