The Tampa Bay Estuary: An Oral History of Community Collaboration to Restore Ecological Integrity
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Publication Date
January 2015
Abstract
Janice K. Platt is a long-time political advocate for Tampa Bay's estuaries. She served on the Tampa City Council and Hillsborough County Commission in the 1970s, and was the chairman of the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council in the early 1980s. Platt's interest in the bay began with her family's history of work in many branches of the professional fishing industry, as well as childhood recreational activities like crabbing. She began her academic career at the University of Florida, and then moved to the University of Virginia for graduate school. It was through her volunteer work with the Girl Scouts that Platt became politically involved with making Tampa Bay and the surrounding environment healthier, and that was the focus of her early activism. Platt shares her experiences watching Tampa Bay's flora and fauna recover through the cooperation of companies like Mosaic and TECO and with environmental agencies like the Agency on Bay Management and the National Audubon Society.
Keywords
Estuarine health, Oral history, Online audio
Media Type
Oral histories; Interviews
Identifier
T43-00002
Recommended Citation
Platt, Jan Kaminis; Hodgson, Ann; University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program; and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library, "Jan Kaminis Platt oral history interview" (2015). The Tampa Bay Estuary: An Oral History of Community Collaboration to Restore Ecological Integrity. 2.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tb_estuary_ohp/2
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