Environmental Science in Florida
From the Everglades to Paynes Prairie, Florida has some of the world’s most unique ecosystems. This guide from the State Library of Florida explores the role of environmental science in Florida history and in modern times.
Environmental science professionals employed by the State of Florida who have a State Library card can access e-books, online journals and other resources for free.
We can also deliver books and research articles directly to your office.
Other researchers can request most of these materials through their local public library.
Links within the bibliographies take you to information in our catalog or to more information on external sites.
Environmental Science in history
- Barnes, Jay. Florida’s Hurricane History. 2nd ed. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
- Davis, Jack E. An Everglades Providence: Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the American Environmental Century. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2009.
- Davis, Jack E. Paradise Lost?: The Environmental History of Florida. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2005.
- Florida Board of Forestry. Biennial Report. Tallahassee, FL: 1928-1968.
- Florida Board of Forestry and Parks. Biennial Report of the Florida Park Service (PDF). Tallahassee, FL: 1946-1948.
- Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. Annual Report of the Florida Park Service. Tallahassee, FL: 1949-1951.
- Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. Biennial Report. Tallahassee, FL: 1952-1967.
- Florida Everglades Engineering Commission. Florida Everglades. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1914.
- Kendrick, Baynard, and Barry W. Walsh. The History of Florida Forests. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2007.
- Landrum, Ney C. A Legacy of Green: The Making of Florida’s Magnificent State Park System (Partly a Memoir). Florida: Florida Park Service Alumni Association, 2013.
- Macdonald, Peggy. Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida’s Environment. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2014. Print.
- Poole, Leslie Kemp. Saving Florida: Women’s Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2015.
- State Archives of Florida. “The Everglades in the Time of Marjory Stoneman Douglas.” Florida Memory. Florida Division of Library and Information Services.
- State Archives of Florida. “Florida Forestry Collection.” Florida Memory. Florida Division of Library and Information Services.
- State Archives of Florida. “Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Collection.” Florida Memory. Florida Division of Library and Information Services.
- Ward, Rowland. The English Angler in Florida. London, UK: 1898.
Environmental Science today
Reports and statistics
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Annual Reuse Inventory Report. Tallahassee, FL: 1990-present.
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Program Annual Report. Tallahassee, FL: 1998.
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The Floridian: A Drinking Water Newsletter. Tallahassee, FL: 2003-present.
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Long Range Program Plan. Tallahassee, FL: 2001-present.
- Florida Division of Emergency Management. The Florida Greenbook: Environmental and Historic Preservation Compliance (PDF). Tallahassee, FL: 2010.
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Alligator Regulations and Associated Statutes. Tallahassee, FL: 2005-present.
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Annual Report on the Research and Management of Florida Panthers. Tallahassee, FL: 2011-present.
- Florida Forest Service. FLForestry News. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 2014-present.
- Florida Park Service. Florida State Parks Newsletter. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 2006-present.
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Organization. “National Centers for Environmental Information.” NOAA.gov. U.S. Department of Commerce.
- State Library of Florida. “Topographic Maps (Florida Map Collection).” Florida Division of Library and Information Services.
- U.S. Geological Survey. “Water Resources of the United States.” USGS.gov. U.S. Department of the Interior.
- U.S. Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives. EvergladesRestoration.gov. U.S. Department of the Interior.
Professional resources
- Adams, Jonathan S. The Future of the Wild: Radical Conservation for a Crowded World. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2006.
- Brinkmann, Robert. Florida Sinkholes: Science and Policy. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2013.
- Cerulean, Susan. Coming to Pass: Florida’s Coastal Islands in a Gulf of Change. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2015.
- Connerly, Charles E., Timothy Stewart Chapin, and Harrison T. Higgins, eds. Growth Management in Florida: Planning for Paradise. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007.
- Dubinsky, Zvy, and Noga Stambler, eds. Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition. New York, NY: Springer, 2011.
- Knight, Gary R., ed. Atlas of Florida’s Natural Heritage: Biodiversity, Landscapes, Stewardship, and Opportunities. Tallahassee, FL: Institute of Science and Public Affairs, 2011.
- Pittman, Craig. Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida’s Most Famous Endangered Species. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2010.
- Proctor, Noble S., and Patrick J. Lynch. A Field Guide to the Southeast Coast & Gulf of Mexico: Coastal Habitats, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, Fish, & Other Wildlife. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011.
- Seabrook, Charles. The World of the Salt Marsh: Appreciating and Protecting the Tidal Marshes of the Southeastern Atlantic Coast. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2012.
- Sterba, Jim. Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards Into Battlegrounds. New York, NY: Crown Publishers, 2012.
- Tiner, Ralph W. Tidal Wetlands Primer: An Introduction to Their Ecology, Natural History, Status, and Conservation. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2013.
