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Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934

Reclaiming the Everglades, a 1997-98 Library of Congress (LC)/Ameritech award winner, is now online in LC's American Memory. University of Miami, Florida International University and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida contributed a wide range of materials selected from 16 collections for the digitizing project. These collections include the University of Miami's Marjory Stoneman papers,...

http://everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/index.htm
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920

The Library of Congress provides this interesting resource describing the evolution of the conservation movement between 1850 and 1920. The Website documents "the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage." Information provided here is based on hundreds of books, pamphlets, federal statutes, congressional resolutions,...

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html