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Following the film clips, John F. Kennedy Jr. Moderated a discussion whose panel members included Eli Segal, assistant to President Clinton and director of the office of National Service: Dorothy Stoneman '63, Director of the National Youth Build Coalition, Elaine Jones of the NAACP Legal Defense and Litigation Fund, and Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities Robert Coles...
...successful, the suit could be a landmark for national parks trying to reach outside their boundaries to protect their ecosystems. The "river of grass," as the Everglades was named by naturalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas, is one of the largest wetlands systems in the world, and the most imperiled. Despite the protection of the national park, the population of wading birds has dropped from more than 2.5 million in the 1930s to 250,000. Thirteen Everglades animals are now endangered species. Only about 30 Florida panthers remain, and in recent years several have been killed on roads cutting through the area...
...absolutely delighted. It's beyond words," said Cornell Assistant Coach Kevin Stoneman...
...arboreal tide have been futile. Stymied by a small budget, the National Park Service so far has been limited to spraying herbicides on some stands of Australian pines and attacking Melaleuca by slashing it with machetes and filling the cuts with toxic chemicals. "It's dire," says Marjory Stoneman Douglas, president of Friends of the Everglades, a conservation group. "If nothing is done, these trees are going to take over completely...
Floridians should listen to Marjory Stoneman Douglas about the preservation of the Everglades [Jan 31]. The loss of that fragile and unique land not only endangers the wild creatures dependent upon it, but will eventually destroy the fresh-water supply of southern Florida. Fresh water flowing through the shallow Everglades prevents seawater from entering the system. As the delicate balance is disrupted, the water will become more saline and, finally, unusable...