"Perhaps even in this last hour,in a new relation of usefulness and beauty,the vast,magnificent, subtle and unique region of the Everglades may not be utterly lost"-Marjory Stoneman Douglas "Within all this tropical country of South Florida lie the Everglades.I saw them as they were once untouched."-Florida the Long Frontier,p.281 "We watched breathlessly the homeward flights of thounsands of white plumed birds,egrets and ibis,covering the sunset sky and the enormous rising moon with silent wings."-Florida the Long Frontier,p.282 "In Florida,especially,the people are being called on to choose between a blind obedience to sheer increasing pressure of population and the vital necessity for buiding finer cities in balanced and preserved natural background which alone can give them meaning and value.The future lies in them and in strength with which man himself can set his powers of creation against his impulses for destruction.Perhaps this is the unending frotier."-Florida the Long Frontier,p.283 "The Everglades restoration bill provides a great oppertunity to turn the Army Corps os Engineers from a force at war with nature to an ally in restoring it.And we will not let them get sidetracked.Our chanllenge now is to make sure that scientifically and ecologically sound restoration measures get the attention and continued funding they need to succeed."-Mark Van Putten.NWF President and Ceo