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Nature's steward : a history of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida / Nicholas G. Penniman IV.
Van Pelt Library QH76.5.F6 P46 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penniman, Nicholas G., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conservancy of Southwest Florida--History.
- Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
- Nature conservation--Florida--History.
- Nature conservation.
- Environmental protection--Florida--History.
- Environmental protection.
- Public lands--Florida--History.
- Public lands.
- Landscape protection--Florida--History.
- Landscape protection.
- Real estate development--Environmental aspects--Floroida--History.
- Real estate development.
- Environmental conditions.
- Real estate development--Environmental aspects.
- History.
- Florida--Environmental conditions.
- Florida.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 356 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Florida : Pineapple Press, Incorporated, 2014.
- Summary:
- "The Conservancy of Southwest Florida will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2014. The book will document how the organization grew land acquisition into regional advocacy and education, and how it adapted its structure, strategy, and tactics to the changing environmental climate in Tallahassee and Washington. A chronicle of the efforts of men and women committed to protecting and preserving sensitive ecosystems during one of the greatest land and building booms in American history"-- Provided by publisher.
- "A well-researched history of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, an advocacy and educational group in the forefront of environmental protection and land acquisition since its founding in 1964. This book chronicles the efforts of the people dedicated to protecting and preserving some of the most sensitive ecosystems in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Saving Rookery Bay and the Ten Thousand Islands
- Land for Future Generations
- Big Cypress Swamp and the Fakahatchee Strand
- Golden Gate Estates
- Keewaydin (Key) and Cannon Islands
- Florida's Growth Management Evolves
- Deltona and Marco Island
- Pelican Bay and Barefoot Beach
- Changing of the Guard
- Villages of Sabal Bay and Hamilton Harbor
- Ebb Tide
- Watershed Under Siege
- Rural Lands Stewardship
- Review of Federal and State Water Laws
- Water Wars
- By the Numbers
- Conclusion
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical (pages 345-346) references.
- ISBN:
- 9781561646845
- 1561646849
- OCLC:
- 849203748
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