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 ...

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.

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

Pinecrest, a village in Miami-Dade County, is launching a compost program that will benefit a community garden in the ...

There’s mounting evidence Everglades pythons can migrate north and west from South Florida. Have they invaded the Treasure ...

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.

In partnership with the Everglades Foundation, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) will host its annual Everglades Update — in the form of an Everglades Trivia Night — on April 2 from 7 ...

Friends of the Everglades has a plan to save our waters! "Is a big, connected ecosystem from north of lake Okeechobee to Stuart, all the way down to the Florida keys and that's what the River of ...