If you’ve driven through US 41 or along I-75 through Big Cypress National Preserve, there’s no doubt that you’ve marveled at beauty of the cypress trees that are patch-worked into the sawgrass prairies throughout this swampland.

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams has been asked to provide the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks with a briefing on issues with heavy visitation in some corners of the National Park System.

The newly released United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report contains stern warnings for Florida while stressing the critical importance of wetland restoration in mitigating climate change impacts.

Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson continues her explorations following the Washington state portion of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. In her second photo column about the national historic trail, Rebecca writes about what she saw and photographed during her exploration of Beacon Rock State Park and the Mighty Columbia River.