The Everglades : an ecology in five parts / Susan Cerulean & Jono Miller -- The river and the plain / Archie Carr -- Two hunters / Betty Mae Jumper -- Welcome to Dike Okeechobee / Julie Hauserman -- Lost gourds and spent soils on the shores of Okeechobee / Gary Paul Nabhan -- The sweet hereafter : our craving for sugar starves the Everglades and fattens politicians / Paul Roberts -- Losing ground: soil subsidence in the Everglades / Juanita Greene -- Everglades National Park fiftieth anniversary : homage to a magical place / Carl Hiaasen -- The corn lady / Betty Mae Jumper -- A culture endangered / Jeff Klinkenberg -- This path don't lead to Miami : Everglades treks of the 1800s / Jan Godown -- The stork and the sparrow / Don Stap -- Straws in a swimming pool / Michele Hatton -- Putting down roots : exotics in the Everglades / Sharon Rauch -- Path of the panther / Charles Fergus -- A green hell / Susan Orlean -- The lightning bug and the moth / Jono Miller -- The most valuable bird / Susan Diane Jewett -- The last days of Florida Bay / Carl Hiaasen -- Saving our tails / June Wiaz -- A snail's race / Renée Ripple -- A call for restoration / Paul N. Gray -- Prayer for the Everglades / Lola Haskins.