JEFFREY S. RIPPLE

From Alibris.com: Guiding visitors and nature lovers through a subtropical paradise, this book celebrates the natural history of one of the most endangered, diverse, and beautiful ecosystems in the world, Florida's Big Cypress Swamp watershed. Jeff Ripple examines the inner workings of this watershed, including its swamps, hardwood hammocks, pinelands, freshwater marshes and wet prairies, mangroves, and the Ten Thousand Islands estuarine system. His account is enhanced by 24 magnificent black-and-white photographs by Clyde Butcher, one of Florida's most acclaimed landscape photographers.… (altro)

Subjects: Natural history & nature conservation

Contents include: Forever wild / Debbie Drake -- Breaking the silence / Jeff Ripple and Susan Cerulean -- "Restorying" Florida / Susan Cerulean -- From "A land remembered" / Patrick D. Smith -- The curse of the medallion / Randy Wayne White -- A Florida marriage / Lola Haskins -- Through an open window / Ren’ee Ripple -- The bird and the behemoth / Archie Carr -- Islands in time / Don Stap -- A life in the scrub / Al Burt -- The sweet scent of pinewoods at dawn / Jeff Ripple -- Borderland / Janisse Ray -- Brooker Creek / Jeff Klinkenberg -- The wild heart of Florida / Susan Cerulean -- The ugliest beach in Florida / Julie Hauserman -- Last of the falling tide / Carl Hiaasen -- Where the Suwannee meets the sea / Jeff Ripple -- River of dreams / Joe Hutto -- A valley of inches: the headwaters of the Upper St. Johns River / Bill Belleville -- A ribbon of wilderness: the Savannas State Reserve / Ann Morrow -- The Tallahassee-St. Marks Trail / Mary Tebo.… (altro)