Juanita Greene (1924 - 2017) was an American journalist and conservationist.[1] She worked for the Miami Herald as a reporter and wrote about Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park.[2] She was the Herald's first environmental reporter.

Life

She was born in Louisiana. She moved to Tampa in 1945.[3] She worked for the Tampa Times. In 1956, she was hired by the Miami Herald. She was a friend of Marjory Stoneman Douglas.[3] She wrote about and testified about the influx of Cuban refugees coming to South Florida.[4] She retired from the Miami Herald in 1978.[5]

She was on the board of Friends of the Everglades.[3] She helped create Biscayne National Park.[6][7]

She was interviewed for books on National Parks.[8][5] Greene was featured in the 2009 television documentary miniseries The National Parks: America's Best Idea by acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns.

References

  1. ^ "Juanita Greene, pioneering environmental reporter and activist, dies at 93". miamiherald.com.
  2. ^ "The National Parks: America's Best Idea: Juanita Greene: My Favorite Parks | PBS". www.pbs.org.
  3. ^ a b c "EYE ON MIAMI: Juanita Greene, former Herald reporter, environmentalist, and exemplary citizen leaves Miami ... by gimleteye". EYE ON MIAMI. April 30, 2009. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  4. ^ United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary (November 13, 1961). "Cuban Refugee Problems: Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, First-second Session. December 6, 1961-December 4, 1962". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b Cerulean, Susan (November 13, 2002). The Book of the Everglades. Milkweed Editions. ISBN 9781571312600 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Hall of Fame". mysite. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  7. ^ Alvarez, Lizette. "A Florida City That Never Was". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  8. ^ Duncan, Dayton; Burns, Ken (November 13, 2009). The National Parks: America's Best Idea : an Illustrated History. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 9780307268969 – via Google Books.


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