It's going to cost a little more to enter Everglades National Park in 2024, when the entrance fee for private vehicles and vessels goes from $30 for seven days to $35.
Six years after an oil company headed out across Big Cypress National Preserve to search for oil, signs of that work still scar the landscape, though National Park Service staff say reclamation of the area has finished.
Winter is coming. Thursday, December 21, 2023, is the first day of winter. Are you ready for the season? Is your camera ready for the season? Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson tells you how to prepare your camera for a season of great shots, with tips and techniques for correcting color cast issues and capturing beautiful compositions.
There are more than 2,000 species currently listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. And while species that gain protection under the act have a great chance to survive, not all do. Just recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that 21 species – birds, fish, mussels, plants, and even a bat – were officially declared extinct.
The National Park Service has awarded a construction contract for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Visitor Center project in Everglades National Park. This project includes a new two-story building and major site improvements at the location of the former Gulf Coast Visitor Center in Everglades City. Everglades City is where Everglades National Park was dedicated on December 6, 1947.
There will never be any worries about running out of interesting National Park System tidbits for quizzes and trivia, so here is Quiz and Trivia #65. Test your knowledge to see how much you really know. You might surprise yourself, impress friends, family, and co-workers, and maybe even learn something new!
Anybody who has ever camped at Flamingo in the Everglades has first hand experience with the relentless hordes of mosquitos. As a tent camper I’ve had mosquitos practically carry me away even in January. But there is now a more civilized Everglades alternative.
The New York Times recently summed up one of the biggest climate change stories of the year so far. The planet’s average sea surface temperature spiked to a record high in April, and the ocean has remained exceptionally warm ever since, the paper reported. In July, widespread marine heatwaves drove temperatures back up to near record highs, with some hot spots nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit.