{"product_id":"the-everglades-river-of-grass","title":"The Everglades: River of Grass","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a \"river of grass,\" most people considered the area worthless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe brought the world's attention to the need to preserve The Everglades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Afterword, Michael Grunwald tells us what has happened to them since then.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrunwald 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut neither turned out to be the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\" Grunwald then lays out the intricacies (and inanities) of the more recent and ongoing CERP, the hugely expensive Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51846103433511,"sku":"009226","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0752\/7419\/1143\/files\/9781683342946.jpg?v=1786285043","url":"https:\/\/jaxcathedralbooks.org\/products\/the-everglades-river-of-grass","provider":"St. John's Cathedral Bookstore \u0026 Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}