Everglades National Park

Mayor Carlos Gimenez Is a Failure

Carlos Gimenez Has Been a Horrible Miami-Dade Mayor

Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses his old campaign foe's sorry job performance.During almost ten months in office, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez ha ... More >>

Homestead Fruit & Spice Park: A Taste Adventure

Photo by Anais AlexandreSuch amazing colors in this luscious fruit sampler​Welcome to the Garden of Eden, my friends. Or what we assume a paradisaical version of one would look like if it were a taste wonderland and located in the heart of Homestead. The 37-acre Fruit & Spice Park is truly a h ... More >>

O, Miami poetry fest wants to deliver verse to Miami's masses

Photo by Anais AlexandreSuch amazing colors in this luscious fruit sampler​Welcome to the Garden of Eden, my friends. Or what we assume a paradisaical version of one would look like if it were a taste wonderland and located in the heart of Homestead. The 37-acre Fruit & Spice Park is truly a h ... More >>

Score One for the Enviro-Boys: Lake Belt Plan Shot Down Again

​A federal appeals court Thursday shot down a case that greatly endangered both Miami-Dade's drinking water and Everglades National Park. The three-judge panel confirmed last year's decision to side with the Sierra Club and several other groups against the Army Corps of Engineers. In 2002, th ... More >>

Rare Penis Mouthed Shark Found in Everglades National Park

 So, about a year ago some fisher-folk went out shark fishing in Flamingo Bay in the Everglades National Park. The crew of the boat was never heard from again, and now the FBI has arrested a group of men connected to the Governor for what they believe could be politically motivated murder.  ... More >>

Saw Grass Cinema

 So, about a year ago some fisher-folk went out shark fishing in Flamingo Bay in the Everglades National Park. The crew of the boat was never heard from again, and now the FBI has arrested a group of men connected to the Governor for what they believe could be politically motivated murder.  ... More >>

Bill Nelson Proposes a Giant Python-Killing Party in the Everglades

In certain times and places in U.S. history, the answer to every political problem was probably "Let's get a bunch of guys with guns together and solve this." Nowadays, this idea seems to be seriously considered only in matters of Middle East diplomacy, but Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is suggesting a ... More >>

Miss Flamingo? Speak up Now!

In certain times and places in U.S. history, the answer to every political problem was probably "Let's get a bunch of guys with guns together and solve this." Nowadays, this idea seems to be seriously considered only in matters of Middle East diplomacy, but Florida Sen. Bill Nelson is suggesting a ... More >>

Land Grab

We ask questions and a historic land battle is won

Not Massive, but Critical

We ask questions and a historic land battle is won

Letters from the Issue of February 15, 2007

"There are plenty of white whores riding poles and collecting dollar bills in G-strings."

Hope Lodge to Close Its Doors

"There are plenty of white whores riding poles and collecting dollar bills in G-strings."

Dear Mama

You are appreciated

Still Angry

Glades airboat guides live in limbo sixteen years after the National Park Service began buying up the swamps

Rings of Desire

Glades airboat guides live in limbo sixteen years after the National Park Service began buying up the swamps

Letters from the Issue of November 11-17, 2004

Public-radio lovefest, parks and mounted police, humans as panther bait

The Bitch

The Bell Tolls For Spree

BEST RURAL BIKE RIDE

Loop Road

BEST PLACE TO BIRDWATCH

Frog Pond Wildlife Management Area

BEST FISHING HOLE

Flamingo

BEST BARBECUE

Pit Bar-B-Q

"KILL 'EM"

Loving moments at the World Series

BEST PLACE TO BIRDWATCH

Everglades National Park

Avian Invasion

The birds are back from the brink

Something From The X-Files

They're calling the Asian snakehead "the Frankenfish"

BEST PLACE TO CANOE

Everglades National Park

Dance Floor Bound

Filmmakers Michelle Lindenberger and Katrine Weiss project a positive image of the SoBe scene

Best Retirement

Janet Reno

Best Place To Birdwatch

Snake Bight Trail

Best Day Trip

Lunch at Joanie's Blue Crab Café

Best Rural Bike Ride

Southern Glades Trail

No Sale

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

Letters

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

Letters

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

Our Swamp Beautiful

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

Letters

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

His Junk, Your Treasure

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

The Final Harvest

Developers are hungrily eyeing Dade's agricultural heartland, where farmers are a dwindling breed

Air Base Confidential

Developers are hungrily eyeing Dade's agricultural heartland, where farmers are a dwindling breed

Robert Isn't Here

If county bureaucrats have their way, the venerable South Dade farmer's market will be forced to change its evil ways: No more milk shakes!

Bitten and Smitten in Flamingo

Surviving the summer swarm of mosquitoes in the Everglades takes some strong repellent and slight derangement

Treeless in Miami

The once-lush urban forest is being cut down a few hardwoods at a time

Not Cleared for Takeoff

If a national coalition of environmental groups has its way, Homestead Air Force Base won't be handed over to private developers just yet

The Last of the Indian Wars

The fight may be about houses in the Everglades, but the battle is about Miccosukee independence by paula park

GET THE KIDS INSIDE! BOLT THE DOOR!

Toxic sewage spawns swamp monsters; officials say no cause for alarm

Old War, New Battle

The Miccosukee Indians' desire to build new homes pits them, once again, against the federal government

We are now scrambling to find additional supplies of water. Among their most immediate measures, they recently requested permission from the state to pump more water for treatment at the Hialeah-Preston plants.

The Miccosukee Indians' desire to build new homes pits them, once again, against the federal government

A Gamblin Cocktail

Combine three parts luck, two parts pluck, and stir at 170 miles per hour

Foxes

Combine three parts luck, two parts pluck, and stir at 170 miles per hour