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Parks and Historic Sites

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Birther Florida Rep. Cliff Stearns Also Wants to Sell National Parks (And is Accused of Bribery)

    ​We weren't all that familiar with U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns -- a gray-haired motel magnate from Ocala -- until Tuesday, when he tried to revive the long-exploded birther movement by questioning President Obama's birth certificate at a town hall meeting. Well, that must have been one hell of a town ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Buttonwood Café: Dining in the Heart of the Everglades

    via Everglades National Park The interior view of Buttonwood CafeButtonwood Café is a restaurant located in the Flamingo District of Everglades National Park about an hour south of Miami. It s a mere 38 miles south of the Homestead main entrance to the park. Serving lunch and dinner, the ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Rick Scott Wants to Cut Everglades Restoration Funding by 66 Percent, But Most Floridians Disagree

    ​Sure, it's just a big swamp, but a fervor to protect the Everglades flows through the souls of most Floridians. It's our big swamp, dammit, and most of us understand its ecological importance. Apparently, though, our Illinois-born governor, Rick Scott, doesn't share such a passion. His controvers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Everglades Pythons Survived Last Year's Cold Snap

    ​The great alien python menace continues to ravage to the delicate ecosystem of the Everglades, and scientists hoped that last January's historic cold snap would put a big dent in the invasive snake population. Unfortunately, most of those slimy bastards managed to survive the big chill. Not even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2009

    Saw Grass Cinema

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Don’t Let the Day Go to Wasted

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Sweating for the Wetlands

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2008

    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 >>

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    Pearls Before Pigs

    A haywire hunting trip in the Everglades for an elusive oinker.

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    Swamp Man

    Glenn Wilsey reinvented himself around the lure of the alligator

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2007

    Everglades National Park Mulls Admission Hike

    Glenn Wilsey reinvented himself around the lure of the alligator

  • Calendar

    February 22, 2007

    Save the Swamp

    Help preserve the Everglades while we still can

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2006

    Alien Invaders

    Help preserve the Everglades while we still can

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    The Life Aquatic

    Brenda Lanzendorf's underwater excavations reveal Biscayne Bay's secret past

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Still Angry

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

  • News

    October 7, 2004

    Wild and Crazy

    Guess what happens when an eccentric ecologist and a couple of feisty backwoods boys claim that a rare Florida panther is on the attack

  • Recreation

    May 13, 2004

    BEST RURAL BIKE RIDE

    Loop Road

  • Finest Foods

    May 15, 2003

    BEST MILKSHAKE

    Robert Is Here

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Happy on the Outside

    Everglades National Park's sub-surface tsuris

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    The Big Cypress Deal

    The cover story is conservation, but the Bush boys have their hands in the taxpayers' pockets again

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    God's Eye on the Sparrow

    Should 2700 little birds be allowed to hold up the reclaiming of the Everglades?

  • Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Day Trip

    Loop Road

  • Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Dog Park

    Kennedy Park

  • City Life

    May 17, 2001

    Best Retirement

    Janet Reno

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    Play Ball!

    That's what many Key Biscayne parents want to hear, but what others fear

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Swamp and Circumstance

    Planners hope the Natural System Model can help restore the Everglades. But will it survive politics?

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Shhhhh: Nature in Progress

    Would you keep it down! We're trying to have a nature experience over here!

  • Film

    March 25, 1999

    Crude Motives

    Members of the Collier family want to explore for oil in the nature preserve they helped create

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Resignation Indignation

    When Joette Lorion publicly quit Friends of the Everglades, some environmentalists scoffed

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Letters

    When Joette Lorion publicly quit Friends of the Everglades, some environmentalists scoffed

  • Calendar

    April 23, 1998

    Bird Is the Word

    When Joette Lorion publicly quit Friends of the Everglades, some environmentalists scoffed

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Really for the Birds

    A weird government plan to help save an endangered species winds up threatening to defile the Everglades

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Skimming the Surface

    Airboaters say they are friends of the Everglades. Park rangers and environmentalists beg to differ.

  • News

    January 22, 1998

    Hungry Is the Hunter

    Lawmen, developers, and environmentalists have made Everglades hunters feel like an endangered species

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    Temporarily Grounded?

    The race to develop Homestead Air Force Base could soon hit a major snag. It's called Mother Nature.

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Preserve Our Pilings!

    Stiltsville's owners are hoping historical designation can save them from demolition

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Letters

    Stiltsville's owners are hoping historical designation can save them from demolition

  • News

    June 12, 1997

    "It'll Never Get Off the Ground"

    With nothing to show after four years but bitterness and bickering, the plan to turn Homestead Air Force Base into a commercial airport has gone from national model to national embarrassment

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    Into the Wild White Yonder

    Hot off the press: A newsletter to entice blacks into the outdoors

  • News

    January 30, 1997

    The Everglades' Sweet Light

    For photographer Joel McEachern, the chill of a winter dawn is prime time for traipsing through the saw grass in pursuit of The Everglades' Sweet Light

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    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

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    A Brief History of the Miccosukees

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

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    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

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    Torpedoed on the Tamiami Trail

    Long a staple of the Everglades tourist's itinerary, the airboat tour takes a direct hit from the feds

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Oops, Sorry, There Will Be No HABDI Investigation

    Long a staple of the Everglades tourist's itinerary, the airboat tour takes a direct hit from the feds

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    A Whiter Shade of Green

    Long a staple of the Everglades tourist's itinerary, the airboat tour takes a direct hit from the feds

  • News

    April 20, 1994

    What's Next A Secession?

    Key Biscayners were able to incorporate without a hitch. Now they want to annex a state park, and maybe get some more money out of the Dade school system.

  • News

    September 4, 1991

    Letters - Part I

    Key Biscayners were able to incorporate without a hitch. Now they want to annex a state park, and maybe get some more money out of the Dade school system.

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