Cross Florida Canal, Part Two: GREENWAY

<p>Marjorie Harris Carr spent the last years of her life battling a dam along the river she loved so dearly. When a fierce politician pulled out all the stops to defeat her, both sides brought everything they had. The result today is a complicated but beautiful string of protected land that stretches from the St. John's River to the Gulf of Mexico.</p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/wfmpod'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Twitter</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.instagram.com/wfmpod/'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Instagram</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/wfmpod'>Follow Wait Five Minutes on Facebook</a></p> <p>Email the show at <a href='mailto:wfmpod@gmail.com'>wfmpod@gmail.com</a>!</p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you to Jim Gross from the Florida Defenders of the Environment! <a href='https://fladefenders.org/'>Check out more of their mission right here!</a></p> <p>Thank you to Blue Nelson for all of his amazing help! <a href='https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1500&context=adan'>Read Blue's paper on Santos right here.</a></p> <p><a href='https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813061733'>Pick up your copy of the book DITCH OF DREAMS right here!</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Looking for more? Check out these episodes!</p> <p><a href='https://waitfiveminutes.podbean.com/e/marjorie-kinnan-rawlings/'>Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings</a></p> <p><a href='https://waitfiveminutes.podbean.com/e/24-marjory-stoneman-douglas/'>Marjory Stoneman Douglas</a></p> <p> </p> <p>The photography used in the marketing of this show is by Lauren Nix. <a href='https://www.instagram.com/lauren.nix.photo/'>Check out more of her art right here!</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Songs</p> <p>Springtime</p> <p>Blackbird </p> <p>Bad Old Daemons</p> <p>Peaceful Morning</p> <p>Things You Never Known </p> <p><a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/'>Hear more music from Lobo Loco here!</a></p>