Everglades National Park

Poor Everglades Nesting Season A Result Of Climate Change And Untimely Storms

Roseate Spoonbills and Wood Storks are two of Florida’s most iconic birds. Unfortunately, 2020 has proved to be a poor nesting year for both species in South Florida, including populations within Everglades National Park. As critical ecosystem indicators, the success of both spoonbills and storks speaks directly to the health of the Everglades as a whole.

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By NPT Staff - August 5th, 2020 2:00am

Isaias Continuing To Create Problems For National Parks

Isaias, a tropical storm at midday Monday, was expected to come ashore along the Carolinas as a hurricane after sundown.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 3rd, 2020 2:49pm

5,000 Pythons Reportedly Removed From Everglades Ecosystem

Five-thousand is a big number, particularly when you're counting Burmese pythons. And that's how many of the big, powerful, nonnative constrictors have been pulled out of the Everglades ecosystem in south Florida, according to state officials.

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By NPT Staff - August 3rd, 2020 12:32pm

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Coastal National Park Units Preparing For Hurricane Isaias

Isaias, which was downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday but expected to regain hurricane strength, was bearing down on south Florida, and units of the National Park System from Everglades National Park north to Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina were boarding up and closing down.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 1st, 2020 4:39pm

National Park Trust, Caribbean Sol Working To Take Sunscreen Chemicals Out Of Parks

The National Park Trust and Caribbean Sol have joined forces to promote safer sun care products that don't harm coral reefs and other marine life.

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By NPT Staff - July 17th, 2020 2:00am

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #11 – The Botany Edition

How much do you know about national park botany? Test your tree-plant-flower knowledge with this latest national parks quiz and trivia piece.

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By Rebecca Latson - June 30th, 2020 1:45am

Inspector General Finds Not All National Parks Reopened With Good Covid-19 Plans

A review of how national parks reopened in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic found that ten did not have fully developed plans for preventing the spread of Covid-19.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 25th, 2020 2:18pm

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Everglades National Park Lodging At Flamingo Without The Mosquitoes

Smudge pots weren't in sight when I visited Flamingo on the southern tip of Everglades National Park, but it was early spring and the mosquitoes hadn't quite worked themselves up to scourge strength. They are legendary when in full biting force, with rumors of cows and mules being killed by vicious, insatiable swarms of the bloodsuckers. And yet, the appeal of Flamingo to anglers and those fleeing winter's snows for a few days make it a popular destination.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 7th, 2020 2:00am

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Mangrove Trees -- Nature's Hurricane Barriers -- Could Be Gone By 2050 Due To Sea Level Rise

Mangrove trees serve as nature's hurricane barriers for places such as Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, Virgin Islands National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve. Plus, they provide valuable habitat for fish and other marine life, and are pretty cool for humans who are fortunate enough to paddle through them. But they could be gone by 2050, victims of sea level rise driven by climate change.

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By NPT Staff - June 7th, 2020 1:45am

National Parks Quiz And Trivia #8

You can learn quite a bit from children's books. To prove this point, information from a children's book about national parks has been used for National Parks Quiz And Trivia #8. See how much you know, and how much you learn.

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By Rebecca Latson - May 18th, 2020 1:45am

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