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		The little-known Calusa Indians dominated South Florida until Europeans arrived in the 1500s. Read about their innovative fishing culture.				Concerns about the Everglades ignited the environmental movement, says Jack Davis, historian at the University of Florida. The glades became the first national park established to preserve biological conditions. View   3-min. video Hear the voice of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and learn how this famous Everglades advocate became an environmental activist at age 79 and wrote River of Grass. Listen | Download   5-min. audio
		Read author Peter Matthiessen’s comments in 1991 about researching the mysterious life and violent death of the notorious Mr. Watson.
		Early 20th-century gladesman Glen Simmons traversed the swamp in skiffs he handmade from cypress boards. Read article.

Clyde Butcher discusses his large, haunting photographs of the glades. Listen | Download   6-min. audio Journalist/humorist Carl Hiaasen says real Florida characters inspire his fiction. Listen | Download   5-min. audio Miccosukee Elder Buffalo Tiger talks about his reverence for creation. Listen | Download   5-min. audio Michael Grunwald, now with Time magazine, discusses the Everglades and politics in 2006. Listen | Download   6-min. audio		Hear the King of the Everglades, Loren “Totch” Brown, talk about life in the Ten Thousand Islands, where people fished, killed and skinned gators, hunted raccoons, and made moonshine to make a living. Listen | Download   7-min. audio   Voices of the Everglades The music and stories collected on this special CD celebrate the people, the animals, and the places collectively known as the Florida Everglades. Click here to buy now.