RIVER OF GRASS - Key Persons
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was asked on her 100th birthday if she had hope for the survival of the Everglades. She answered: ‘I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. I say it's got to be done."
Still in the 1990s when she was blind and facing health issues, Ms. Douglas - "Friends of the Everglades" worked with other environmental groups to help pass a plan to establish a $90 MILLION fund to buy and protect endangered land in Dade County. In 1993, she was awarded the Medal of Freedom, by President Clinton.