Marjorie harris carr biography

Marjorie Harris was born on March 26,in Boston, but moved to Bonita Springs, Florida, at age 3 with her parents died Both her parents were naturalists, and they nurtured a similar love of nature in their daughter. That nurturing led her to enter college as a zoology major. She graduated from what is now Florida State University in and sought a graduate program to study ornithology, but such programs were just for men in those days, and she sought work instead.

Marjorie Harris Carr

American environmentalist

Marjorie Harris Carr

Born	March 26, Boston, Massachusetts
Died	10 October () (aged&#;82)
Nationality	American
Alma&#;mater	University of Florida Florida State University
Known&#;for	Notable environmentalist
Spouse	Archie Carr
Awards	Florida Governor's Award for Outstanding Conservation Governance (), National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Service Award (), New York Zoological Society's Gold Medal (), Florida Audubon Society's Conservationist of the Year Award (), Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award (), Florida Women's Hall of Fame (), Florida Wildlife Federation Conservation Hall of Fame ()
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology Ornithology
Institutions	Welaka National Fish Hatchery Bass Biological Laboratory Gainesville Garden Club Alachua Audubon Society Florida Conservation Foundation Florida Defenders of the Environment
Thesis	The Breeding Habits, Embryology and Larval Development of the Large-mouthed Black Bass in Florida with Notes on the Feeding Habits of the Fry &#;()

Marjorie Harris Carr (March 26, &#; October 10, ) was an American scientist and environmental activist, skillfully known for her conservation operate in Florida.

She was born in Boston and grew up in southwest Florida, where her parents taught her about native flora and fauna. After earning a Master of Science degree from the University of Florida in , she went on to establish and lead several conservation efforts in the mention, including co-founding the Alachua Audubon Society in and co-founding Florida Defenders of the Environment in Her work with Florida Defenders of the Environment — which continued until her death in — to preserve the Ocklawaha River Valley helped halt construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal, which is now a public conservation and recreation area named in her honor in She was inducted in the Florida Women's Hall of Fame in She was married to herpetologist Archie Carr from until his death in ; they had five children.

Early life

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Carr was raised in southwest Florida, where her naturalist parents taught her how to identify the state's native flora and fauna while on nature hikes and while horseback riding to school.

In , her parents moved the family from Boston to Bonita Springs, Florida, and later relocated to Fort Myers in , where she attended high school.^[1]

Education and early career

Carr graduated from Fort Myers Senior High Educational facility in , and enrolled in Florida State University (which at the time was the Florida State College for Women).

Her studies included biology, ecology, botany, ornithology, and bacteriology. In , she received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from Florida State University.^[1]

Denied admission or funding to graduate programs in zoology and ornithology at Cornell University and the University of North Carolina due to her gender, Carr took a position as the nation's first female wildlife technician at the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service Welaka National Fish Hatchery. In , she took a position as laboratory technician and field collector at the Bass Zoological Lab in Englewood, Florida. In , Carr was admitted to a graduate program in zoology at the University of Florida.

At the time, UF was still officially an all-male institution, but Carr was able to exploit her husband's reputation within the biology department to obtain admission.^[1]

In , she earned a Master of Science degree in zoology from the University of Florida.

Her thesis work was entitled "The Breeding Habits, Embryology and Larval Development of the Large-mouthed Black Bass in Florida with Notes on the Feeding Habits of the Fry"^[2] and was later published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Fresh England Zoology Club.^[1]

From until , Carr and her family lived in Honduras, where she explored the rainforest daily with her husband, Archie Carr.

Marjorie completed thousands of scientific bird skins and later published her study on the birds of Honduras, including "Notes on the Breeding Habits of the Eastern Stumpknocker Lepomis Punctatus Punctatus (Cuvier)" in the Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences in , "The San Geronimo Swift in Honduras" in the Wilson Bulletin in , and "Notes on the Birds of Honduras for the Years , with Special Reference to the Yeguare River Valley, Department of Francisco Morazan" in Ceiba in ^[1]

Conservation work in Florida

In the belated s, Carr launched her career in conservation and environmental campaign in Florida.

Her early endeavors were focused in Alachua County and included the preservation and restoration of Lake Alice on the University of Florida campus in and the establishment of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park in She began work on Paynes Prairie preservation in when she joined the Gainesville Garden Club, and served on the club's board of directors from through She also co-founded the Alachua Audubon Society in and served on its board of directors from through and again from through She also served on the board of directors for the Florida Conservation Foundation from through ^[1]

In , Carr co-founded Florida Defenders of the Environment (FDE) with fellow Alachua Audubon society member David Anthony and began her work principal conservation efforts on the Ocklawaha River Valley ecosystem.

She helped write one of the nation's first environmental impact statements in support of a lawsuit brought by FDE and the Environmental Defense Fund against the Merged States Army Corps of Engineers for environmental impacts of the Cross Florida Barge Canal on the Ocklawaha River ecosystem.

As part of this work, Carr also prepared and gave a statement for FDE to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works in ^[3] Carr continued to work on Ocklawaha River conservation, including removal of the Rodman Dam and Reservoir, and to preserve parks and green spaces in Florida for nearly 30 years until her death in ^[4] Florida Defenders of the Environment remains an active environmental conservation organization with a primary mission to "restore the Ocklawaha River."

Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway

The Barge Canal was officially deauthorized by Congress in , and all lands and structures associated with the project were transferred to the state of Florida for use as a public conservation and recreation area.

The Florida Governor and Cabinet signed a resolution to deauthorize the Canal on January 22, The lands transferred to the state of Florida became the Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area. Carr was appointed by the Florida legislature to the Canal Lands Advisory Committee in to represent the public at large and help create a master plan for the Greenway.^[5]^[6]

In , the Greenway was officially renamed the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway in Carr's honor.

The Greenway runs miles and comprises more than 70, acres through portions of Citrus, Levy, Marion, and Putnam counties, from Yankeetown on the Gulf of Mexico to south of Palatka on the St. Johns River. It is part of the system of Florida Declare Parks and is managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks.^[6]^[7]

Honors and awards

Marjorie Harris Carr won a number of awards and honors for her perform.

Marjorie Harris Carr March 26, — October 10, was an American scientist and environmental activistwell known for her conservation function in Florida. She was born in Boston and grew up in southwest Florida, where her parents taught her about native flora and fauna. After earning a Master of Science degree from the University of Florida inshe went on to prove and lead several conservation attempts in the state, including co-founding the Alachua Audubon Society in and co-founding Florida Defenders of the Environment in Her serve with Florida Defenders of the Environment — which continued until her death in — to preserve the Ocklawaha River Valley helped halt construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canalwhich is now a public conservation and recreation area named in her honor in

As detailed by Peggy Macdonald,^[1] her awards included:

Florida Audubon Society's Award of Merit
Florida Governor's Award for Outstanding Conservation Leadership
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Club's Headline Award
Fairchild Tropical Garden's Thomas Barbour Award
National Wildlife Federation's Conservation Service Award
New York Zoological Society's gold medal for achievement in biological conservation
Florida Audubon Society's Conservationist of the Year Award
Became a scientific fellow of the New York Zoological Culture (Currently known as the Wildlife Conservation Society)
Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award
Alexander Calder Conservation Award for Special Achievement
Unsung Hero Award by the Miami Hosting Committee of the United Nations Environmental Program's Global Assembly of Women and the Environment
Inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame^[4]^[8]
Inducted into the Florida Wildlife Federation's Conservation Hall of Fame
The lands for the Cross Florida Barge Canal right-of-way is renamed the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway^[7]

Additional authored works

As compiled by Peggy Macdonald in her University Push of Florida biography of Marjorie Harris Carr.^[1]

"The Oklawaha River Wilderness" in Florida Naturalist.
"What Do Users Want?

Wilderness!" in the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Society of American Foresters.
"Modulated Reproductive Periodicity in Chelonia" in Ecology.
"Recruitment and Remigration in a Green Turtle Nesting Colony" in Conservation Biology.
"The Fight to Save the Ocklawaha" at the Twelfth Biennial Sierra Club Wilderness Conference in Washington, D.C.
"Site Fixity in Caribbean Green Turtles" in Ecology.
"An Interim Report on the Cross-Florida Barge Canal" In Defense of Rivers, A Citizen's Workbook: Impacts of Dam and Canal Projects. Delaware Valley Conservation Association, pp –
Archie F Carr, Marjorie H Carr and Anne B Meylan.

"The West Caribbean green turtle colony" in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.^[9]
Marjorie Harris Carr, John Hankinson, and Florida Defenders of the Environment. Restoring the Ocklawaha River Ecosystem.^[10]
Edits and writes the foreword to republication of Archie Carr's High Jungles and Low.^[11]
Edits "The Case for Restoring the Free-Flowing Ocklawaha River" with David Godfrey, Jack Kaufmann, and Jeanne Marie Zokovitch.
Edits republication of Archie Carr's Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist In and Out of Africa.^[12]
Edits a collection of essays by her late husband entitled, A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden.^[13]

References

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hMacdonald, Peggy ().

Marjorie Harris Carr&#;: defender of Florida's environment. Gainesville. ISBN&#;.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Carr, Marjorie Harris (). The breeding habits, embryology and larval development of the large-mouthed inky bass in Florida with notes on the feeding habits of the fry (Thesis).

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^Carr, Marjorie Harris; Kaufmann, John H; Florida Defenders of the Environment ().
Scientist Marjorie Harris Carr committed her life to promoting conservation and protecting Florida’s environment from destruction. Carr graduated from the Florida State College for Women in , with a degree in zoology, and took a job as the federal government’s first female wildlife technician.
Statement of Marjorie H. Carr and Dr. John H. Kaufmann for Florida Defenders of the Environment, Inc.: before the Senate Committee on Environment and Widespread Works, Water Resources Subcommittee on S. , 95th Congress, 2nd session, July 26, .

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^ ^a^b"Marjorie Carr, "Lady of Rivers", dies at 82". Tampa Bay Times. Oct 2,
^Noll, Steven; Tegeder, David (). "Controversy over Rodman Reservoir".

. Journal of Florida Studies.
Born in Boston, Marjorie Harris moved to Florida as a young girl. Her early interest in nature was cultivated by the unspoiled beauty of Lee County in southwest Florida and her parents considerable knowledge of wildlife. After completing her undergraduate degree, she became a wildlife technician in Florida for the federal government-the first woman to hold such a position. In she married Archie Carr, who would become a world-renowned biologist and conservationist.
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^ ^a^bFlorida Department of Environmental Protection. Florida State Parks (). Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area Unit Management Design ().%20Cross%20FL%20Greenway_Final%20ARC%20Draft_CFG%20UMP_pdf
^ ^a^b"Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway".
She was heavily influenced by professors who studied the relationship of flora, fauna and terrain in an environment. Myers and John J. Absorbing all this information from Botany professors Herbert Stoddard and Herman Kurz was enormously satisfying. What a pleasure it was to go into the woods and fields and, by recognizing a set of characteristic key plants, be able to put a name to a particular association of plants.
Florida State Parks. Retrieved
^"Marjorie Harris Carr". Florida Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved
^Carr, Archie, Carr, Marjorie Harris; Meylan, Anne Barkau (). "The West Caribbean green turtle colony"(PDF).
Marjorie Harris Carr - Florida Women's Hall of Fame: Marjorie Harris Carr (March 26, – October 10, ) was an American scientist and environmental activist, well known for her conservation work in Florida. She was born in Boston and grew up in southwest Florida, where her parents taught her about native flora and fauna.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. .: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Carr, Marjorie Harris; Hankinson, John H; Florida Defenders of the Environment (). Restoring the Oklawaha River ecosystem.

Gainesville, Florida: The Defenders. OCLC&#;
^Carr, Archie (). High jungles and low. Gainesville: University Flatten of Florida. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
^Carr, Archie (). Ulendo: travels of a naturalist in and out of Africa (3rd&#;ed.).
Marjorie Harris Carr, A nationally recognized environmentalist of Alachua County, founded the Florida Defenders of the Environment in and led the successful strive to stop construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she moved to Florida in with her family.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida. OCLC&#;
^Carr, Archie (). Harris Carr, Marjorie (ed.). A Naturalist in Florida: A Celebration of Eden. Yale University Press. ISBN&#;.