MarjoryStonemanDouglasBYJANEKELLEYBYJANEKELLEYGUARDIANOFTHEEVERGLADESPAIREDREADTheStoryoftheTreeMusketeersBiographySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAPhotographyCredit:(bkgd)DigitalVision/Punchstock,(tr)MortonBeebe/CORBIS**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,829**ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyexport,glistening,influenced,landscape,native,plantations,restore,urgedELLVocabularyencouraged,expand,preserveContentStandardsScienceLifeScienceCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118775-1MHID:0-02-118775-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110MarjoryStonemanDouglasGUARDIANOFTHEEVERGLADESBYJANEKELLEYPAIREDREADIntroduction..................................2Chapter1EarlyLife......................................3Chapter2ARiverofGrass................................7Chapter3FightingOn..................................10Conclusion...................................14RespondtoReading..........................15TheStoryoftheTreeMusketeers.....16Glossary/Index...............................19FocusonScience......................20EssentialQuestionWhatimpactdoouractionshaveonourworld?DigitalVision/PunchstockIntroductionThisareaofgrasslandintheEvergladesNationalParkiscalledafreshwaterprairie.TheEvergladesareanareaofsouthernFlorida.TheearlyexplorerscalledthisareatheEvergladesbecausetheglades,orgrassyplaces,seemedtogoonforever.Waterflowsallacrossthearea.Thegroundistoowetforplantingcropsorbuildinghouses.Mostpeoplelookedatthelandscapeandthought...