February 2016 – Boat tours of Biscayne National Park are back after a long hiatus with guided trips on board the Pelican Skipper to Boca Chita, the island with the lighthouse (captured here by South Florida photographer Brian Call). The boat sails most weekends (Fridays too) from the park visitor center in Homestead through May
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February 2016 – Biscayne National Park continues its free series of Centennial Nights LIVE this month with a special presentation of “Songs and Stories from Our National Parks” on Saturday February 27 from 6 to 9 PM at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center. The event includes a small campfire and s’mores for the kids. Learn
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January 2016 – Join us Sunday January 24 at 5 PM for a glass of wine under the stars at Biscayne National Park with itinerant artist Patricia Rottino Cummins, whose travels over the past decade have taken her to 11 different national parks. Her new show ParkQuest features 28 paintings from time spent as an
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January 2016 – Did you know that Florida has 11 national parks? Not all of them have “park” in their name. Some are seashores (Canaveral), some are monuments (Castillo de San Marcos) and some are memorials (DeSoto) but they all belong to the National Park Service and they all have water, which means you can
Continue reading »How one park ranger found his park while watching the sun rise over the Grand Canyon By Gary Bremen, Biscayne National Park Ranger In 1972, my parents took me on an extraordinary journey that continues to this day. We left our home in the Miami suburb of Hialeah in a sky-blue Ford pickup truck. Behind
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December 2015 – Homestead’s National Park Trolley is back in action this month for a third season with free service to Everglades and Biscayne National Parks from downtown Homestead on weekends through May 1. Entrance to Everglades National Park is free for folks who ride the trolley, so jump on board and save twice! Learn
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October 2015 – The National Parks Trolley that provides free transportation in season from downtown Homestead to Everglades and Biscayne National Parks is not just a good idea, it’s a great example of how partnerships help connect people to parks. Congratulations to the City of Homestead, Homestead Main Street and National Parks Conservation Association for
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October 2015 – Keeping reefs clean and free of debris is a full-time endeavor in Biscayne National Park. The park’s reefs are littered with abandoned traps, strands of rope and marine trash – a visual blight that can also cause real damage when loose debris, pushed by currents, collides with corals. Here’s a bit of
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September 2015 – If national parks are America’s “best” idea, here’s a way to make that idea even better: Give every 4th grade student nationwide (and their families) a free pass to visit a national park, starting now, for one year. The White House is doing just that with a new initiative called “Every Kid in
Continue reading »September 2015 – The SFNPT has approved $48,500 in new grants to support programs & projects in South Florida’s national parks this year, including a “safe boating” initiative in Biscayne National Park, a sea turtle conservation program in Dry Tortugas National Park, and a resource protection project in Florida Bay in Everglades National Park. The
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