Interview with Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Videotaped at the Douglas House in Coconut Grove, June 15, 1983.
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•Marjory recounts her 1932 trip to the Everglades |
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•A brief overview of thousands of years of Everglades history |
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•Marjory speaks about early memories in Florida and natives in the Everglades |
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•The first Everglades drainage attempt and growing sugar in Florida |
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•Marjory briefly discusses sheetflow |
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•Marjory talks about where the Everglades begins and its various tributaries and flows |
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•Wet and dry cycles, and cycles/change in general |
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•Major drainage periods and conservation efforts that have failed |
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•Derivation of South Florida's drinking water |
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•Sources of Everglades pollution |
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•Sugar industry back-pumping into the Everglades |
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•Improvements with the Water Management District |
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•Early pioneering efforts to establish the Everglades National Park |
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•Complete area of South Florida that Ernest Coe wanted to be a National Park |
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Interview with Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Marjorie Harris Carr.
Videotaped in Islamorada, Published 1985.
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•Introduction with a speech by Alice Wainwright read by Carston Rist |
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•Speech by Marjorie Carr about responsible industry and protecting the Keys |
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•Speech by Marjory Stoneman Douglas about use of water in South Florida |
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•Speech by Dr. Shirley Taylor about the future development of the Keys |
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•Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Marjorie Harris Carr discuss why people in Florida are less interested in the environment, media support and why a democracy helps with environmental issues |
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•Basic simplicity of environmental problems |
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•Importance of an educated public, discussion of the "newness" of Florida residents, ideas for spreading information to tourists regarding Florida conservation efforts and the Chamber of Commerce |
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•Changes of attitude towards the environment in state agencies, Marjory Stoneman Douglas discusses bureaucracy and the importance of the Governor's appointments to office |
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•Elected officials, James Watt and Reaganism |
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•Closed minds and apathy amongst the public |
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•Local government and the Water Management District |
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•The value that Floridians place on the environment, and how recreation plays a part in public interest |
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•The differences between new and old residents |
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•Marjory Stoneman Douglas talks about how water supply will eventually control population growth in the Keys |
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•Threats of exotics in Florida |
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•Marjories give final thoughts about the importance of tenaciousness as well as patience to help save Florida's environment |
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Interview with Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Videotaped at the Douglas House in Coconut Grove, June 16, 1983.
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•The spirit of Boosterism |
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•Limited water and difficulties of raising vegetables in Florida |
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•Reducing population growth by one half |
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•Inflow of people to South Florida since the 1920's |
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•Coral Gables work for George Merrick |
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•Women's suffrage |
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•Welfare and foreign countries |
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Interview with Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Videotaped at the Douglas House in Coconut Grove, June 15, 1983.
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•Taylor Creek |
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•Dirigible over the Everglades |
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•Love of the Everglades |
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•Ernest F. Coe |
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•Army Corps and Water Management |
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•Importance of Water |
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•Joe Browder and Jetport Controversy |
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•Florida Panther's failed tracking methods |
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•Invasive species |
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•"Rivers of America" |
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•Public interest in "River of Grass" |
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•Natural cycles |
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•Damage on South Florida wildlife |
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Lecture by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Fort Lauderdale, May 6, 1983.
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•John DeGrove Introduction |
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•1971 Water Management Conference |
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•Overabundance of studies by Corps of Engineers |
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•Source of water, rain and desertification of the Everglades |
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•Geological make-up of Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades Basin |
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•Proving that the Everglades is actually a river and not a swamp |
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•The youngness of Florida and its swift development |
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•Uniqueness and fragility of the Everglades |
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•Governor Bloxham's attempt to clear out peaty muck in Everglades |
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•Pollution in Conservation Areas from cattle raising |
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•Pollution caused by growing sugar in Florida |
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•Damages caused by the Army Corps of Engineers and Big Sugar |
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•Growing vegetables in the Third World and refugee problem |
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•"Squatters" in East Florida |
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•Threats to the Big Cypress: Oil and Jetport |
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•Fish and Game Commissions' involvement with Florida Panther |
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•Dangers of Melaleuca, and Closing Statements |
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•After Lecture Chat between John DeGrove and MSD |
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•Questions from the audience for MSD |
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Interview with Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
Videotaped at the Douglas House in Coconut Grove, June 16, 1983.
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•Touring the Everglades in a houseboat with National Park VIPs |
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•Poachers destroy a rookery during a houseboat tour |
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•Inspiration at Wellesley College |
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•Dancing and swimming on Miami Beach |
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•First experiences in Florida and WWI |
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•Interest in animals |
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•Teaching at a girls' camp in Maine |
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•Coconut Grove's early social scene |
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•Ku Klux Klan in Miami |
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•Elizabeth Virrick's work in Coconut Grove's black community |
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•Anti-Slavery/Abolitionists in Marjory Stoneman Douglas' family |
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Interview with Sharyn Richardson, Secretary of Friends of the Everglades.
Videotaped at the Douglas House in Coconut Grove.
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•First interest in environmental protection and inspiration |
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•Working as Marjory Stoneman Douglas' personal secretary |
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•Against Florida Panther Telemetry Program |
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•Threat of the Melaleuca to South Florida |
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•Role of "Friends of the Everglades" |
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•Power of One and Quaker Philosophy |
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•New life in Florida |
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Interview with Jack Kaufman: journalist, member of the Florida Defenders of the Environment and UF Zoology professor. Kaufman joined the Florida Defenders of the Environment in 1970 with Marjorie Carr
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•Florida Defenders of the Environment |
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•More environmental awareness than in previous decades |
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•Working with the FDE |
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•True Meaning of "Endangered" in relation to the Florida Panther |
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•Growth in the FDE and the Cross Florida Barge canal |
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•Protecting the FDE's reputation and providing the best information |
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•Continuing battle to protect Florida's Environment |
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