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Challenges •People were trying to drain the everglades of water and tried to turn it into farmland •Also people were tying to turn it into an air •Many people opposed the idea of saving the everglades
Benefits •The everglades are now a national park •And now Florida has grown and developed around the beauty of the everglades
Book •The Everglades: River Grass •Went on sale in November 1947 and sold out in a few months •Marjory stone man Douglas: voice of the river
Honors •Medals to freedom to Wellesley college the glades •She was named grandmother of the glades •Henry Memorial short story collection:1928 second prize •Conservationist of the year (Florida Audubon society)1975
Everglades National Park •The everglades are the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the u.s. •It is In Florida and near Miami •The everglades protect mammals birds, fish, and flora
Everglades National Park •The everglades are the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the u.s. •It is In Florida and near Miami •The everglades protect mammals birds, fish, and flora •It also protects the American crocodile, Florida panther and the west Indian manatee which are rare and endangered species
Marriage •In the year 1914 Marjory married a guy called Kenneth Douglas •He was a newspaper editor •In 1915 she divorced him and moved to Miami where her father was (whomshe had not seen in years) working in the newspaper business
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