The Everglades: river of grass

Description

Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named the Everglades a “river of grass,” most people considered the area a worthless swamp. She brought the world’s attention to the need to preserve the Everglades. In the Afterword of this edition, Michael Grunwald gives an update of what has happened to the Everglades since then. Grunwald points out that in 1947 the government was in the midst of establishing the Everglades National Park and turning loose the Army Corps of Engineers to control floods—both of which seemed like saviors for the Glades. But neither turned out to be the answer. Working from the research he did for his book, The Swamp, Grunwald offers an account of what went wrong and the many attempts to fix it, beginning with Save Our Everglades, which Douglas declared was “not nearly enough.” Grunwald then lays out the intricacies (and inanities) of the more recent and ongoing CERP, the hugely expensive Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.

First Sentence

THERE are no other Everglades in the world.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Rivers of America

Other Editions

• The Everglades: river of grassRinehart1947-01-01
• The Everglades: river of grassRinehart1947-01-01
• The EvergladesHurricane House Publishers1947-01-01
• Everglades River of GrassPaperbackHenry Holt & Company, Inc.1959-06-01
• The EvergladesBallantine Books1974-01-01
• The EvergladesBallantine Books1974-01-01