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Voices on Florida's wetlands

These quotes describe growing up near the Everglades, from childhood fishing trips to a lasting sense of connection with this Florida wilderness.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Never
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Nov 07, 2020

I grew up in Florida, started fishing with my dad going down to the Everglades and around the state, plus some offshore stuff for sails and wahoo - but I never really got the bug until my husband and I went float fishing on the Snake River at Jackson Hole for trout - I've been pretty much addicted ever since.

Quotes by Shannon Bream

Deep
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Nov 07, 2020

It is a fact that scientists have deposited dye in certain lakes around Orlando and tracked the effluent to Florida Bay. There is a lake near Everglades City, Deep Lake, and large tarpon show up in that lake, 30 miles from the sea.

Quotes by Randy Wayne White

Drop
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Nov 07, 2020

I'll talk about the Everglades at the drop of a hat.

Quotes by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Earth
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Nov 07, 2020

There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them.

Quotes by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Great
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Nov 07, 2020

The wealth of south Florida, but even more important, the meaning and significance of south Florida lies in the black muck of the Everglades and the inevitable development of this country to be the great tropic agricultural center of the world.

Quotes by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Out
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Nov 07, 2020

To be a friend of the Everglades is not necessarily to spend time wandering around out there.

Quotes by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Others call the Everglades one of the most unique and remote regions on earth, tied closely to the history and identity of south Florida.

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