Amy Tardif of member station WGCU reports from Fort Myers, Florida on the new musical composition, Voice of the Everglades, by Steve Heitzig. It's a musical tribute to the late activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas, one of the leaders in the movement to save 'The River of Grass.' Tardif talks to Heitzeg, as well as author Peter Mathieson, and singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett. Yesterday President Clinton signed the Everglades Restoration Bill, a 30-year, eight-billion dollar program to restore the region's natural water flow, which has been diverted for residential development and farming. (8:50)
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