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Chapter 32: Regionalism and Environmentalism

Chapter 32: Regionalism and Environmentalism. Mary Holt. Governor Askew. Corporate income tax, moratorium on death penalty, racially integrate schools, blacks and women’s rights, & a prioritization of environmental protection Pushed for a new environmental agency (EPA) Relied on public

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Chapter 32: Regionalism and Environmentalism

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  1. Chapter 32: Regionalism and Environmentalism Mary Holt

  2. Governor Askew • Corporate income tax, moratorium on death penalty, racially integrate schools, blacks and women’s rights, & a prioritization of environmental protection • Pushed for a new environmental agency (EPA) • Relied on public • Richard Stone • Letter gone public • Conservationist of the Year

  3. The Fall of Miami • Dade county urbanized more than 60% • Chloroform in the water • Drought in Miami • “One of the most important conferences in Florida” • Too much or too little water

  4. River of Grass • Areson – friend and activist • Recommended replacing Flood Control District with regional water-management district • Askew signed Florida Water Resources Act • The Everglades could never be whole again • Plume hunting era

  5. Shrinking Water Supply • Walt Disney World • 49% of fresh surface water lost, 51% impaired • Developers making land from water • Illegal dredging projects • Tax on non-reusable containers

  6. Earth Day! • April 22, 1970 • Protests, Parades, Cleanup rallies, Tree-planting campaigns • Big Cypress Preserve – 25 hundred sq. miles of everglades • Golden Gate Estates grew on western area of preserve • Askew kept development off

  7. Land Sellers to Land Purchasers • Douglas went to Tallahassee to lobby for the bill- $40 million • Fire in Big Cypress resulted in $116.9 million • Largest private land purchase in National Park history • Indians, hunters, and oil companies could not be kept away

  8. Douglas, Jones & Marshall • Douglas questioned Jones about hunting • Partnership strengthened by Art Marshall • Environmental problems of the everglades are no different that of urban area • Growth is not unlimited, “the more people there are, the more artificially we have to live to sustain life”

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