June 2016 – We’re excited to share the news: The Miami Foundation will be supporting the Everglades Environmental Education Program again this year by funding ranger-led environmental education programs for 4th-grade students at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park. Students who visit the park as part of the program will take a four-hour tram ride
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June 2016 – Thirty works of art created by the staff, volunteers and partners of South Florida’s four national parks will be on display in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery from June 3 through September 12, 2016. Inside Looking Out offers an “insider’s perspective of national parks across the country from those
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May 2016 – Everglades National Park and the SFNPT have launched a campaign to restore the park’s Flamingo Visitor Center with support from American Express, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the public. With its distinctive breezeway and bright pink exterior, the Flamingo Visitor Center has served as a gateway to the Everglades and
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May 2016 – Turtle nesting season is just around the corner and the beaches at Biscayne National Park are ready, thanks to another successful Alternative Break program this past spring. The SFNPT is proud to support Alternative Break at Biscayne with annual grant funding, and we are grateful for all the students who volunteer their
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May 2016 – The historic Monroe Station in Big Cypress was lost to fire shortly before midnight on Saturday April 9. The fire was sparked when a man climbed onto the roof of the structure to pose for photographs while “spinning” a flaming piece of steel wool. The Monroe Station was one of six roadside
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May 2016 – If you’re lucky enough to get left behind when the last ferry leaves Dry Tortugas National Park, you might see a sunset something like this. Awesome colors! Photo by Noel Benadom
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April 2016 – Former Everglades National Park superintendent Dan Kimball (left, above) was back in the park on April 22 to celebrate Earth Day and the next big step in Everglades restoration – construction of a 2.5 mile bridge along Tamiami Trail that will allow more fresh water to flow into Everglades National Park. The
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April 2016 – Coming soon to a mailbox near you… an Everglades “forever” stamp, one of 16 national park stamps to be issued this year in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. The Everglades stamp features a beautiful image of the park’s Pine Rocklands, one of South Florida’s most endangered habitats,
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April 2016 – Look who we caught napping on a lazy afternoon in Everglades National Park… a true Miami night owl! The barred owl was spotted in one of the park’s cypress domes, just off the main park road on the way to Flamingo. The park lists six owls on its species list: Barred Owl
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March 2016 – When it comes to saving the Everglades, the women of Florida have often led the way. That was true 100 years ago when the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs established Royal Palm State Park in November 1916 to protect Paradise Key from development. The 4,000-acre state park later became the nucleus for
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