Date of Award

5-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Critical and Creative Thinking

First Advisor

Dr. Carson Holloway

Second Advisor

Dr. Rory Conces

Abstract

“There are no other Everglades in the world” and nothing anywhere else is like them (Douglas, 1947, p.1). Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, a Medal of Freedom recipient, and author of the famous book The Everglades: River of Grass, helped bring the Everglades to the world’s attention with that opening line. The Everglades are now recognized as a cultural icon, a World Heritage Site, an International Biosphere Reserve, and perhaps the most famous wetland on Earth. The Everglades have also been reviled by both politicians and the populace as a Godforsaken swamp and suitable only for the home of noxious vermin. But that defamation is not accurate if for no other reason than the heart of the Everglades is technically a marsh, not a swamp, because its primary vegetation is grassy, not woody—although some would argue it is both.

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