How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.
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How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
The East Everglades expansion in 1991 added more than 100,000 acres. A Florida Panther in Everglades National Park. The crusade that led to Everglades National Park may well have begun with the ...
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How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
Everglades National ... park to preserve an ecosystem. The park contains a significant breeding ground for wading birds along with 35 protected or threatened breeds of animals, including the ...
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How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
There, on a wooden platform, and with 57-year-old environmental champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas at his side, he dedicated America’s newest national park ... the Everglades covered some 2,700 square ...