August 2015 – The SFNPT and the Rotary Club of Key West are celebrating two milestones this year – the 10th anniversary of a partnership that launched the current incarnation of the Dry Tortugas education program and the completion of two student field trips to the park in May, bringing the total number of program participants
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August 2015 – The benefits of Everglades restoration may begin to reach Everglades National Park this summer as South Florida water managers tweak the region’s network of canals and pumps to put more water into the park’s northeast Shark River Slough. Project managers say the initial changes, timed to coincide with this year’s rainy season,
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August 2015 – School may be out but the learning never stops in Big Cypress. Summer camps have kept the boardwalks busy this season, as one group after another visits Big Cypress National Preserve. Forty-two campers & counselors from Lighthouse of Collier’s Summer Camp for Blind and Visually Impaired Children found nature this summer by
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August 2015 – Restoration work is underway in Biscayne National Park on one of two spoil islands located just south of Black Point Marina. Park workers used chainsaws and a chipper earlier this year to strip exotic vegetation from the small island. Next up: Project managers are planning to replant the island with funding support
Continue reading »August 2015 – The controversy over a proposed marine reserve zone in Biscayne National Park just got a little hotter. Two congressional committees are challenging the park’s decision to protect its coral reefs by placing new limits on fishing. The committees will be in Homestead on August 3 for an oversight hearing on the park’s
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