The Wild Heart of Florida: Florida Writers on Florida's Wildlands

Eighteen of Florida’s best-loved writers here share with you their affection for Florida’s wild side—the beautiful heart of a state under siege from development.

Carl Hiaasen, Randy Wayne White, Al Burt, Patrick Smith, the late Archie Carr, and others evoke a Florida thick with pinewoods, alligators, and palmetto scrub; ribboned by miles of coast and dune; blessed with backcountry lakes, rivers, creeks, and springs. Strip malls and concrete cannot tame this wild Florida, but they can kill i...