1994

The director of Wendy and Lucy and Meek’s Cutoff will have a restoration of Meek's little-seen 1994 debut, River of Grass, unveiled at Sundance.

in 1947

The Everglades: River of Grass was published in 1947 and sold out of The Everglades's first printing in a month.

after Marjory Stoneman Douglas's 1947 book Everglades:

Marjory Stoneman Douglas became known for work in nature conservancy after Marjory Stoneman Douglas's 1947 book Everglades: River of Grass was published, but Everglades was many years later, in 1969 at age 79, when Marjory Stoneman Douglas founded the Friends of the Everglades.