An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century

Index

Abzug, Bella, 558 Adams, Franklin, 481, 483, 509 Adventures in a Green World (Douglas), 434, 473 Albright, Horace, 334, 336, 338, 342 Allen, Hervey, 349–50, 435 Alligator Alley, 477, 500, 523, 546, 579; Douglas’s view of, 544–45, 554 Alligator Crossing (Douglas), 28, 163, 171, 174, 432–33, 639n16 American Civil Liberties Union, 429, 430–31; Florida chapter of, 429; Greater Miami Chapter of, 429, 430–31 American environmental century, xiv, xvi, 25, 464, 484; defined, xiv, 5; Douglas and, 6, 19, 20–21, 359; environmental degradation during, 409–11; Everglades and, 35, 399; turning point in, 489 American Ornithologists’ Union, 173, 184, 185, 193, 328 American Red Cross, 246, 247, 251–52, 255, 300, 309, 387 Amnesty International, Douglas’s endorsement for, 559 Anthony, Susan B., 229, 230, 233, 556 Applegate, Dorothy, 153–54 Areson, Jean, 422, 433, 496–97 Arsenault, Raymond, 331 Arthur R. Marshall National Wildlife Refuge, 548, 585 Askew, Reubin O’Donovan, 502, 525, 541, 543, 546, 547; Big Cypress Swamp and, 505–6, 508; environmental initiatives of, as governor, 491–93, 495–96; Florida Water Management Resources Act and, 499, 511; Kissimmee River Restoration and, 523 “Athens to Marseilles” (Douglas), 247, 251 “At Home on the Marcel Waves” (Douglas), 313 Index 734 ] index Atomic Energy Commission, 412, 449–50 Audubon, John James, 28, 167 Babbitt, Bruce, 4, 22, 588–89, 594 Bahamas, 108, 278, 362, 441; hurricanes and, 294, 295, 306, 387; offshore labor from, 205, 305, 426, 560 Bailey, Harold H., 328–29, 332 Baker, John, 392, 399 Balch, Emily Greene, 133–34, 567 Bamberger’s department store (L. Bamberger and Company), 155– 56, 157 Barley, George, 581, 582 Barley, Mary, 582 Bartram, William, 18, 37, 71, 411 Batty, J. H., 175–76 Beard, Daniel, 372, 383, 404, 505 Beers, Madeleine, 90–91, 98, 101 “Bees in the Mango Blooms” (Douglas), 262, 264, 267, 290, 315 Bellamy, Jeanne, 452, 453, 484 Bennett, Malvina, 133, 233, 479 Big Cypress Swamp, 25, 29, 36, 264, 334, 356, 393, 458, 464; created as national preserve, 505–9; Everglades jetport and, 460, 475, 488 Big Sugar, 562–68, 583–84, 586, 589, 600; Douglas and, 566–68; farm workers and, 562–68 Billie, James E., 579 “Bird Dog in Hand, A” (Douglas), 67, 257, 270–71, 288, 324–25 “Birds and Women” (Douglas), 328 Birth of a Nation, The (film), 205; Douglas’s review of, 240 Biscayne Aquifer, 356–57, 463, 539; designated as a sole-source aquifer, 520–21, 539; Douglas’s view of, 545 Biscayne Bay, 56, 106, 107, 110, 206, 269, 271, 287, 441, 446, 467; campaigns to protect, 442–44, 447, 448–53, 458, 459, 468, 510, 535; Douglas and, 18, 202, 455; Miami commerce and, 108, 116, 456; threats to ecology of, 117, 202–3, 410, 440, 442–44, 448–53, 510, 535 Biscayne National Monument (Biscayne National Park), 453, 459, 461, 466, 510, 596, 510, 596; founding of, as ecological preserve, 445–47 Blaine, Michael, 479 Bloxham, William, 83; Douglas’s view of, 84 Boca Ciega Bay, fill projects in, 418, 502, 516 Bolles, Richard J., 148, 149, 150, 258–60, 261; Douglas’s view of, 149 Book of Twelve for South Florida Gardens, The (Douglas and Dorn), 325 Bradley, Guy, xv, 180, 217, 323, 360, 432, 503; background of, 181–83, 186–87; as bird warden, 187–90, 213; death of, 190–91, 216; martyrdom of, 180, 191–92, 193–94, 215 Branch, Michael, 360 Brantly, Robert, 575, 579 index [ 735 Brautigam, George, 429–30 Brookfield, Charlie, 383, 458 Broward, Annie Douglas, 231, 233–34, 235 Broward, Napoleon Bonaparte, 112, 201, 221, 299; background of, 119–20; Douglas’s view of, 118, 120, 150, 152, 360; Everglades drainage and, 113–14, 116–26, 138–39, 142–43, 144, 145, 148–50, 152, 218–19, 261 Broward County Airboat, Halftrack and Conservation Club, 464, 520 Browder, Joan Arrington, 457, 458 Browder, Joe, xvi, 495, 502, 512, 537, 552, 575, 601; background of, 456–58; Big Cypress National Preserve and, 505–9, 539, 545; Biscayne National Monument and, 446, 447; in Carter administration, 542; Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and, 595, 596, 599, 600; at Douglas’s memorial, 9; on Douglas’s values, 559, 561; Everglades jetport and, 459–60, 461, 462, 464, 466, 467–71, 480, 481, 485–86, 487, 535, 596; Everglades restoration and, 524, 544; Marjory Stoneman Douglas Everglades Forever Act and, 588–89; Miami Earth Day...