9781561646845 (hardback)

1561646849 (hardback)

"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.

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.

Conservancy of Southwest Florida > History.

Nature conservation > Florida > History.

Environmental protection > Florida > History.

Public lands > Florida > History.

Landscape protection > Florida > History.

Real estate development > Environmental aspects > Floroida > History.

Florida > Environmental conditions.