" He could find his way around anywhere in the wilderness but always headed off in the wrong direction on a city street. "

Has there been a more dogged supporter of the Florida Everglades than environmentalist Joe Browder?

Many might point to the late Marjory Stoneman Douglas and, indeed, her 1947 masterwork, “The Everglades: River of Grass” defined the Everglades as a vital artery in South Florida’s survival.

But Browder, a former Miami TV reporter turned environmental activist who died Sept. 18 at 78 of cancer in Maryland, also played a pivotal role in protecting the Everglades.

Read more at the Miami Herald.