July 2017 – The South Florida National Parks Trust (SFNPT) has approved $118,250 in new grants to fund education programs and reef restoration in Biscayne National Park, boat patrols and habitat protection in Everglades National Park, and a solar boat demonstration project in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The new grants were approved in June during the
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The SFNPT is having a Birthday… Here’s “15 Reasons to Celebrate”
June 2017 – The South Florida National Park Trust turns 15 this month and we’re celebrating with the top 15 reasons why your support for national parks matters. Lots of friends groups have been around for 15 years, but few have as many reasons to celebrate as we do. The SFNPT has 150,000 reasons to celebrate
Continue reading »“Every Kid in a Park” Volunteers Win National Park Service Award
May 2017 – Congratulations to Everglades National Park and the Every Kid in a Park volunteers who donated their time last year so the park could double the number of 4th-grade students who visit the park on field trips. With a committed corps of 25 volunteers, the park welcomed 6,807 local 4th-grade students to the Everglades
Continue reading »Vision 20/20 Grant Supports Education Programs at Dry Tortugas National Park
December 2017 – Rotary Club of Key West and the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys are supporting on-site education programs at Dry Tortugas National Park this year with a Vision 20/20 grant from the foundation. The SFNPT and Rotary have been funding student trips to the park since 2005, and jointly helped the park
Continue reading »Donor Spotlight: Clyde Butcher & family support SWAMP programs for kids in Big Cypress
November 2016 – Acclaimed South Florida photographer Clyde Butcher and his family are supporting outdoor science education programs in the Big Cypress National Preserve this year with a donation of $6,500 to South Florida National Parks Trust. The donation represents the proceeds from this year’s Halloween swamp walks behind the family’s Big Cypress Gallery on
Continue reading »Miami Foundation supports Everglades Education
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
Continue reading »A New Season of Learning Begins in South Florida Parks
November 2015 – Another season of environmental education is underway in South Florida’s national parks. Kids are learning science in Big Cypress, spotting alligators in the Everglades, cleaning beaches in the Dry Tortugas and dipping nets into Biscayne Bay. More than 16,000 school children will visit one of South Florida’s national parks this year on
Continue reading »Donor Spotlight: SFNPT donors support Environmental Education
November 2015 – We have a number of folks to thank this month, starting with Peacock Foundation, Inc. in Miami, which is supporting the Everglades Environmental Education Program with a generous grant again this year. The foundation’s grant will fund two seasonal rangers to lead South Florida school kids on learning adventures in the park this
Continue reading »Rotary Club of Key West supports Dry Tortugas Education Programs
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
Continue reading »Summer Programs in Big Cypress
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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