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River of Grass is a 1994 American independent film directed by Kelly Reichardt in her feature film directorial debut. Reichardt wrote the screenplay from a story by her and Jesse Hartman . It was selected for the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival , [2] and was nominated for the Sundance Grand Jury ...
- John Hill
- Kelly Reichardt
- Jesse Hartman
- Lisa Donaldson, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell, Stan Kaplan, Michael Buscemi
This slow movement of a broad, shallow river is known as sheetflow, and gives the Everglades its nickname, River of Grass. Water leaving Lake Okeechobee may require months or years to reach its final destination, Florida Bay.
- 7,800 square miles (20,000 km²)
- 25 feet (7.6 m)
The Everglades: River of Grass is a non-fiction book written by Marjory Stoneman Douglas in 1947. Published the same year as the formal opening of Everglades National Park , the book was a call to attention about the degrading quality of life in the Everglades and remains an influential book on nature conservation as well as a ...
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Robert Fink
- 406 pp
- 1947
- November 6, 1947
23 giu 2018 · published 23 June 2018. An American alligator swims in the Everglades.(Image credit: Raffaella Calzoni | Shutterstock.com) The Everglades is an intricate system of subtropical wetlands, lakes and...
- Traci Pedersen
In 1997, Congress attached it to a new 1.8-million-acre Everglades wilderness area, four years after President Clinton awarded her the Medal of Freedom. When she died in 1998, at 108, park rangers appropriately broadcast her ashes in the beloved river she gave to America, the River of Grass.
13 apr 2024 · Everglades, subtropical saw-grass marsh region, a “river of grass” up to 50 miles (80 km) wide but generally less than 1 foot (0.3 metre) deep, covering more than 4,300 square miles (11,100 square km) of southern Florida, U.S.
The Everglades: River of Grass. Marjory Stoneman Douglas. 4.17. 853 ratings130 reviews. Before 1947, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas named The Everglades a "river of grass," most people considered the area worthless. She brought the world's attention to the need to preserve The Everglades.
