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Author Pittman, Craig.

Title Paving paradise : Florida's vanishing wetlands and the failure of no net loss / Craig Pittman and Matthew Waite ; foreword by Raymond Arsenault and Gary R. Mormino.

Publication Info. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QH105.F6 P58 2009    Available  ---
Description xi, 351 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Series The Florida history and culture series
Florida history and culture series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-343) and index.
Contents "The national emblem of Florida" -- A reasonable curb -- "Let us try" -- Marco Island & Bonita Springs -- Six percent saviors -- "The joy of life" -- The promise, plus -- Images of loss -- The myth of mitigation -- Turning a minus into a plus -- "A mine is a terrible thing to waste" -- Let sleeping watchdogs lie -- The cussing congressman -- Loopholes and sinkholes -- Dirty water -- Banking on phony numbers -- Toward a more honest system -- Appendix A : Satellite imagery methodology -- Appendix B : Accuracy Assessment tables.
Subject Wetlands -- Florida.
Wetlands.
Florida.
Wetland conservation -- Government policy -- Florida.
Wetland conservation -- Government policy.
Wetland conservation.
Added Author Waite, Matthew, 1975-
ISBN 9780813032863 alkaline paper
0813032865 alkaline paper