This exhibit highlights the voices of the activists, scientists, and officials who had the integrity to collect data and hold polluters of the Everglades and Tampa Bay responsible for their actions. One such conservationist is marine scientist and USF Professor Emeritus, John C. Ogden. Ogden’s research on Florida and Caribbean coral reef health spans decades, provides a baseline for studying future changes over time, and is archived within USF Special Collections. In response to the need to document the ever-changing dynamics of Tampa Bay, USF Libraries created the Tampa Bay Estuaries Oral History Project to help chronicle the history and experiences of the researchers who know it best, including from the mouth of Roy “Robin” Lewis III, a marine scientist and environmental consultant. USF Special Collections is also home to archival documents by Lewis, as well as some from the “Father of Florida groundwater hydrogeology,” Dr. Garald Parker. Parker is primarily known for discovering the Biscayne and Floridian Aquifers, which he documented in his grand 1000-page report, thereby forever changing how Floridians view their groundwater resources. Also covered in this exhibit is The Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems (C-IMAGE). C-IMAGE was a research consortium studying the effects of oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico. At its inception, USF Libraries partnered with C-IMAGE as data managers, helping preserve a decade's worth of field work and data from researchers across the globe. Other oil spill resources available through Special Collections include the Richard “Skip” Davis Jr. Collection of aerial photography and historic oil spill atlases. Eventually all of the data and research boil down to policy and trying to create positive change in regard to water management. This exhibit features papers from Hillsborough County League of Women’s Voters, C. W. “Bill” Young, and several endangered species legislations. All of the highlighted materials focus on water management, sustainability, and the environmental protection of Florida’s resources.