Follow two scientists as they spend a night in the Everglades collecting water samples, photographing wildlife, and sloshing through marshes in an attempt to understand this mysterious ecosystem. Part of a long-term effort to return the Everglades to a natural state after a century of development, the scientists try to figure out what the "river of grass" was like prior to human settlement. Along the way, they deal with razor-sharp sawgrass and alligators and turtles and are even surprised by the sudden presence of what is known in the Everglades as a "frog gigger"--one who hunts and collects frogs for food!

Published in cooperation with the Long Term Ecological Research Network, which is funded by the National Science Foundation.


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Moonlight
Published: 06/16/2012
ISBN: 9780981770048
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.52h x 10.87w x 0.44d

Review Citations: School Library Journal 09/01/2012 pg. 165