March 2007

Volume 27
Number 3

Features

Save the Manatees
The Save the Manatee Club has been helping manatees and Florida’s waterways since 1981.

Best of Florida Hall of Fame
Florida Monthly honors our annual feature’s multi-year winners.

State of Leaders
The University of Florida has produced so many alumni who have helped to shape the world.

South Florida Safari
The Seminole Tribe’s Billie Swamp Safari showcases its legendary history and amazing ecology of the Everglades watershed.

Our Florida Heritage®

The Deaconess of the Everglades
Harriet Bedell made her way down to the heart of Florida, and into the hearts of the Seminole Tribe.

From the Porch Swing
A dad and his young son spend a Saturday morning almost building a working porch swing.

Footprints
The Civil War makes its presence known on the Internet.

Vanishing Florida
Old-fashioned drug store lunch counters still exist around the state.

Real Florida Finds

Statewise
Z Trim is helping people stay healthy, while the web is discovering Native Americans. Iris Pollack Wall is the newest Woman of the Year in Agriculture, plus author Jeff Lindsay, Florida Books and This Month in Florida History.

In the Florida Kitchen
Spring in the Sunshine State is cool as a cucumber.

Florida Homes & Lifestyles
D’Asign Source transforms a 1960s house into a tropical cottage.

In The Florida Garden
Growing native wildflowers are effective, beautiful and perfectly adapted the state’s climate and soil.

Natural Florida
Keep off the coasts’ fragile sea grass meadows.

Watching Wildlife
The humorously named Little Big Econ State Forest features the narrow, curving Econlockhatchee River, an Outstanding Florida Water. Be sure to watch out for American alligators. Florida’s state reptile can be found all over the state.

Around Florida Festivals & Events
Plan ahead for EPCOT’s annual International Flower & Garden Festival, or any of the more than 1,000 events this month. For a more complete listing, visit www.floridamagazine.com.