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Paddle & Clean
Volunteer with us! Join Biscayne National Park Rangers, Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, and South Florida National Parks Trust for a canoe cleanup of Mowry Canal. This event is inspired by the new art show at Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery (details below) highlighting the impact of plastic pollution on our ocean. Explore the shoreline and shallow bay while making a difference in your local environment! Please pack a lunch for a picnic by the bay after the cleanup. Space is…
Find out more »From the Bow Seat: Art, Advocacy and Ocean Conservation
Come early and participate in a pre-show cleanup event! Find out more here https://www.southfloridaparks.org/event/paddle-clean/ A new exhibition of student art opens this month at Biscayne National Park with 30 winning entries from the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Program, an annual student art competition organized by a Boston-based non-profit organization. Two of the student winners this year are from South Florida and may join us on Sunday May 21 for the opening reception. Bailey Fleck of Fort Lauderdale (Bailey's pen and ink…
Find out more »Morning Bike Ride / Everglades National Park
Join an Everglades National Park ranger for a 15-mile morning bike ride to the Shark Valley observation tower and look for birds, turtles and alligators sunning themselves along your path. Bring your own bicycle or rent one from the concession for $18.00. Meet on the back side of the visitor center by the benches.
Find out more »Canal Bike Ride / Everglades National Park
Join an Everglades National Park ranger for a car caravan trip to the L-67 Canal, approximately 5 miles to the east of Shark Valley Entrance. The bike tour will lead you down the canal berm on an unpaved, gravel road, where you can explore the wildlife along the canal and also the great views of the eastern portion of Shark Valley Slough and the Everglades. Reservations are required call 305-221-8776 and will be taken 1-week prior to the scheduled ride.…
Find out more »Sips & Stories
Filmmaking and Conservation Across South Florida’s National Parks and Cuba It’s the bug days of summer in south Florida, but don’t let that stop you from experiencing your national parks. Join us at Lincoln’s Beard Brewery for local brews and tales of exploration and conservation by filmmaker Richard Kern from Odyssey Earth. Come along as Richard shares his work in Everglades, Biscayne, and Big Cypress. Get a big picture look at our South Florida national parks through his newest projects…
Find out more »Help Restore an Island in Biscayne National Park
New Dates Added: Wednesday July 5, Thursday July 6 and Friday July 7. Call for Volunteers: Biscayne National Park is looking for a few good volunteers to help restore a spoil island in Biscayne Bay this summer by planting 1,000 native plants and trees - a project supported by the SFNPT. Read more about the project on our blog. The planting is scheduled for June 27-30, 2017. Volunteers will meet up at 9 am at Biscayne National Park Headquarters at Convoy Point in Homestead, FL. …
Find out more »Nerd Nite Miami
"The Other Pink Bird" The SFNPT proudly supports Everglades National Park's BioCorps Program with annual grants to support interns to work alongside scientists in the park. This month former BioCorps intern Elizabeth Lago will be presenting at Nerd Nite Miami. She will be presenting her work with Everglades and Biscayne National Park on Roseate Spoonbills. Elizabeth's talk is number two in the lineup at Nerd Nite: Imagine a pink bird with an odd bill. If your first thought was "flamingo," this presentation will…
Find out more »Volunteer: Removal of Derelict Crab Traps in Biscayne
Call for Volunteers: Biscayne National Park is looking for volunteers to help pull derelict and abandoned crab traps during the 10-day trap season closure in July. What: Volunteers will be searching for and removing "derelict" crab traps and trap debris from the waters of Biscayne Bay south of Black Point. Why: Lost and abandoned traps and trap debris cause significant damage to the marine environment. In addition to scouring the bottom and destroying seagrass, sponges, etc., unattended traps can still entrap marine life and may continue to "ghost fish"…
Find out more »The Mangrove Coast
Barry Fellman’s Mangrove Coast photographs reveal a hidden realm of South Florida’s Biscayne Bay coastline. New large format prints from Fellman’s twenty-year project explore the unexpected beauty, rhythms and patterns of South Florida’s mangrove habitat. At first basic notions of scale and distance remain a mystery. As you approach the photographs their diverse elements clarify into familiar forms of sea grasses and shells. You then realize you are looking at a wondrous and fantastic view of the shoreline by the beach. The…
Find out more »Volunteer: Cypress Tree Planting
Volunteer with the SFNPT to plant cypress trees in Big Cypress National Preserve. On Saturday, August 19th we will plant 150 cypress trees along Turner River Road as part of restoration work in the park. Trees will be planted at sites newly cleared of invasive plant species and at several new culvert locations in the park. Planting is hard work, but it is a rewarding experience that helps improve park habitats and benefits native plants and wildlife – we can’t do…
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