Get the facts - and then act": How Marjorie H. Carr and Florida Defenders of the Enviornment Fought to Save the Ocklawaha River

Authors

Frederick R. Davis

Abstract

Self described as a "Micanopy housewife," Marjorie Harris Carr seemed an unlikely candidate to develop and lead a successful grassroots campaign to save the Ocklawaha River and the wilderness surrounding it against the Army Corps of Engineers' federally mandated Cross-Florida Barge Canal. In spearheading the "Fight to Save the Ocklawaha," Carr revealed an innate sense of how to present environmental science to the public, the media, and legislators in a way that swayed opinion.

Recommended Citation

Davis, Frederick R. (2004) "Get the facts - and then act": How Marjorie H. Carr and Florida Defenders of the Enviornment Fought to Save the Ocklawaha River," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 83: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol83/iss1/6