This month’s cover features a photograph of Ellen Peterson on a wet swamp walk in the 1990s from the Florida Gulf Coast University Archives and Special Collections Ellen Peterson Legacy Collection. The collection highlights Peterson, a community leader and activist with a focus on social justice and environmental conservation in Southwest Florida.

In 2006, Peterson created the Happehatchee Center, Inc., a private nonprofit organization to preserve the lush five acres of “old Florida” on the banks of the Estero River. The materials, donated by members of the Happehatchee Center in honor of Peterson, include the scrapbook and journal entries from her cross-country bike trip to promote environmental awareness, family photos, letters, awards, bumper stickers, and flyers for the Happehatchee Center. Learn more at https://bit.ly/3ZZlTEo