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Protecting Paradise: Conserving Collier County

Grassroots efforts to preserve wilderness in Collier County.

Aired 04/24/2009 | Rating NR

Untold Stories

Protecting Paradise: Conserving Collier County

Special | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Grassroots efforts to preserve wilderness in Collier County.

In Collier County, on the western edge of the Everglades, plume hunting, clear-cutting of ancient cypress trees, development of the "world's largest subdivision" and the "world's largest supersonic jetport" near Everglades National Park, inspired a groundswell of grassroots efforts to protect the vanishing wet wilderness.

Aired 04/24/2009 | Rating NR

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Untold Stories

Protecting Paradise: Conserving Collier County

Special | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

In Collier County, on the western edge of the Everglades, plume hunting, clear-cutting of ancient cypress trees, development of the "world's largest subdivision" and the "world's largest supersonic jetport" near Everglades National Park, inspired a groundswell of grassroots efforts to protect the vanishing wet wilderness.

Aired 04/24/2009 | Rating NR

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