2000: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, is authorized by Congress to restore and protect South ...

Flow Equalization Basin, or FEB: A shallow man-made water storage area constructed for the collection of runoff that can be ...

Friends of the Everglades is working to acquire 100,000 acres of land south of Lake Okeechobee to restore the flow of clean ...

That’s why forestry managers for public lands, like Everglades National Park, do so many controlled burns throughout the park ...

A fragile web of flora and fauna evolved in the nutrient deficient environment — a unique ecosystem ... of Florida President Newton Cook at the Feb. 13 meeting. More: Everglades Agricultural ...

For me, Everglades National Park ... You’ll also find turtles, snakes, and the elusive Florida panther. The park’s unique ecosystems and iconic wildlife are the main draws.

But there’s mounting evidence that Everglades pythons ... python removed from the Florida landscape is one less invasive snake impacting our native wildlife and ecosystems,” FWC spokesperson ...

1819: Spain cedes Florida to the United States, which agrees to pay $5 million in damages for Americans who rebelled against Spain. 1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer ...

Everglades: A unique subtropical wetland ecosystem that once covered about 3 million acres of South Florida. Water once flowed down the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee then south to Florida Bay.