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Biscayne National Park Art Exhibit Celebrates Plants And Their Pollinators

The newest exhibit in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery features 30 detailed botanical illustrations of some of South Florida’s flowering plants and their pollinators. Pollinators, created by Tropical Botanic Artists, is now on display daily from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. through May 5, 2019. On Saturday, March 30, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists at a free reception from 6 - 8 p.m.

Legacy On The Land: A Black Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance And Tells Why Every American Should Care

Many national park enthusiasts can recite the history of the system or their favorite site by memory. They laud the conservationists and leaders who knew we must protect precious natural landscapes for future generations, they know the first national park (Yellowstone), and the year the National Park Service was founded (1916). But how many know of the contributions of people of color to our national parks?

Traveler's View: Politics Vs. Public Interest In National Parks

While the National Park Service Organic Act directs the National Park Service to be a guardian of the parks and the flora and fauna within them, politics don't always make that easy. Proof of that can be seen in Alaska, where the agency has done a complete reversal in trying to protect wolves, bears, coyotes and other predators from rampant hunting and trapping.

Archaeologists Search For Wreck Of Slave Ship At Biscayne National Park

National parks harbor mysteries and surprises, as evidenced by the discovery back in 2014 of a 132-year-old Winchester rifle leaning up against a gnarled old juniper in the backcountry of Great Basin National Park in Nevada. They also contain chapters of history, one of which is being searched for in the waters of Biscayne National Park in Florida.

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