CRAIG PITTMAN, yon Floridyen natif natal, se otè liv non-fiksyon *Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther* ak liv ki nan lis pi gwo lavant *The New York Times* la, *Oh, Florida! How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country*. Depi 1998, li rapòte sou pwoblèm anviwònman pou pi gwo jounal Florid la, Tampa Bay Times (ki te rele St. Petersburg Times anvan sa). Li te ko-ekri ak Matthew Waite liv *Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss*, epi depi lè sa a, li ekri *Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species* ak *The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchids*.