The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Third Edition
After reading this book, who wouldn't want to visit this wonderful 'river of grass'? And for most visitors to the Everglades, eco-tourists, ecology students, and long-time residents of Florida, a better book for understanding the history and challenges to this ecosystem has probably not been written.-Suzanne Koptur, Florida International University writing in Palmetto, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Native Plant Society, Vol. 24 No. 3, Summer 2007Tom Lodge has a fascination with the Everglades that extends into passion, and has translated this into a deep, comprehensive understanding which is thoroughly conveyed in The Everglades Handbook.-Kurt Reynertson, CUNY Plant SciencesMy voice has been heard through many decades in the efforts to preserve the historic flows of water to the Park…I hope this book will prove to be an important contribution to the understanding of the nature and beauty of the Everglades as well as to the many-faceted challenges of keeping the Everglades alive and well.Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998), from the Introduction to the First EditionDr. Lodge manages to pack more information on a page than anyone else…-- Audubon of the Everglades (Palm Beach County) Everglades Kite newsletter[The Everglades Handbook] is far and away the best guide now in print to Everglades issues -- authoritative, well illustrated, well indexed, and readable.-- Martha Musgrove, retired journalist and President, Decision Makers Forum…the true purpose of his book is to provide readers the understanding they need to defend the fragile Everglades from further damage and to assist in the continuing efforts to restore it. For this higher purpose, and for a readable general introduction to the ecosystem that is suitable for the public or an undergraduate audience, The Everglades Handbook is recommended.-E-Streams, Vol. 8, No. 8--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.