Everglades National Park 75 Anniversary: Book Talk with the Authors

285 Aragon Avenue,Coral Gables FL 33134

24 February, 2022

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Join us for this FREE event at the Coral Gables Museum with the authors of Everglades National Park. Light refreshments provided. This special event is hosted by the Florida National Parks Association as part of Everglades National Park's year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration! Join us at the Coral Gables Museum with authors James A. Kushlan and Kirsten Hines for a special talk about their recently published book Everglades National Park. Learn about the history of the park and enjoy a Q&A session and book signing following the main program. Doors open at 6:00 PMMain program begins at 6:30 PMBook copies will be available for saleLight refreshments provided for all guestsMasks RequiredAbout The Talk: Vast, mysterious, and for centuries inaccessible, the Everglades’ fame stretches worldwide. Much of this unique wetland is protected within Everglades National Park, which in 2022 is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its dedication by President Harry S Truman as a park featuring not geologic grandeur, but its biology - its tropical forests and sawgrass covered marshes, alligators and crocodiles, Florida panthers and West Indian manatees, roseate spoonbills and anhingas, wood storks and egrets. It was egrets, or rather their delicate courtship plumes decorating ladies’ hats of the late 1800s, and majestic royal palms that jump-started the movement by the women’s clubs of Florida to save their wetlands as a park. But long before for thousands of years, the Everglades was home to indigenous people and holds the stories of these peoples beneath the peat of its tree islands. The Everglades also holds the stories of more recent people, the indigenous Tequesta, Spanish and British colonialists, Mikisúkî-speaking Indians and the soldiers who sought their expulsion, pioneer settlers, outlaws, environmental activists, scientists, and generations of south Florida’s residents, and park visitors. Join Dr. James A. Kushlan and Kirsten Hines as they share the stories of the Everglades and its park from their recently-published book Everglades National Park. About the authors: Dr. James Kushlan - Author of 10 books and over 250 articles, James A. Kushlan’s writing shares with a wide audience his perspectives on science, conservation, and natural history, and the connections among them. An expert on the Everglades and its waterbirds, he has written extensively on the biology, natural history, and human history of South Florida. His recent book, Seeking the American Tropics, explores the stories of South Florida’s early naturalists. He and Kirsten Hines have coauthored three books on South Florida’s national parks, Biscayne National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park, and most recently Everglades National Park. Dr. Kushlan has been a wildlife biologist at Everglades National Park, university professor, Federal research center director, Smithsonian research associate, president of the American Ornithological Society, founder and chair of international conservation initiatives, and a board member of numerous professional and civic organizations including HistoryMiami Museum, Zoo Miami Foundation, and the Everglades Foundation. He lives in Coconut Grove. More background is available at www.JamesAKushlan.com. Kirsten Hines - is a Coconut Grove-based author, wildlife photographer, and conservationist with a master’s degree in biology and background as an environmental educator. Her writing and photography have appeared in several publications, including six books on Florida’s nature and history, most recently the pictorial history Everglades National Park (Arcadia Publishing, 2021). Kirsten’s upcoming books include the photographic coffee-table book Wild Florida: The Animals of the Sunshine State (University Press of Florida, 2023), and a pictorial guide to the Birds of Florida (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023). Kirsten’s images have also been featured in various photography showcases, public art programs, and nearly 100 exhibitions regionally, nationally and internationally. She lectures and conducts workshops on wildlife gardening and photography throughout the region and is a Conservation Associate of the Institute for Regional Conservation, a member of the IUCN Iguana Specialist Group, and serves on the board of Audubon Florida and her local chapter, Tropical Audubon Society. Learn more about Kirsten and her work at www.KirstenHines.com. The Florida National Parks Association is an official private, non-profit partner of the National Park Service that supports educational, interpretive, historical, and scientific research activities in South Florida’s National Parks—Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve. These areas comprise more than 2.5 million acres and form a vital network in preserving the South Florida ecosystem. By supporting an increased public understanding of these world-renowned natural and cultural areas, the Association also tangibly assists in raising public support for their long-term preservation and care.