69-year old Presidents who give two-and-a-half hour inaugural speeches don’t represent all the National Parks that can be sick. Not at all. Some Parks are sick themselves and need help. Case in point: the Everglades. South Florida is a very young land mass, appearing anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 years ago, a veritable newborn. Native [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Everglades’
Sickness Week: Everglades National Park
Posted in National Parks, tagged Endangered, Everglades, Florida on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Birdwatching Week: Everglades National Park
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Birdwatching, Everglades, Florida on April 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Everglades National Park was the first place where we felt like honest-to-goodness birders. We walked around book in hand, binoculars on point, ears wide open. Our heightened senses weren’t necessary; birds are everywhere! The Park’s famed Anhinga Trail follows a boardwalk through a densely inhabited landscape. The birds (and the alligators) seem too content [...]
Everglades National Park – Shark Valley
Posted in National Parks, tagged Alligators, Birdwatching, Boardwalk, Endangered, Everglades, Florida, Kid Friendly, National Park, Zoo on January 21, 2005 | 2 Comments »
south Florida Visited: January 21, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 133 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? At 1.5 million acres, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This review covers the Shark Valley area, which consists of a loop road leading to an observation tower through a [...]
Everglades National Park – Main Entrance
Posted in National Parks, tagged Alligators, Beach, Birdwatching, Canoeing, Crocodiles, Endanged Park, endangered species, Everglades, Florida, Kayaking, Manatee, National Park, Osprey on January 21, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Florida City, Fla. Visited: January 21, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 133 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? At 1.5 million acres, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This review covers the areas of the park accessible through its main entrance located just outside Florida City, [...]
Everglades National Park – Gulf Coast
Posted in National Parks, tagged Alligator, Backcountry, Bald Eagle, Boating, Camping, Canoeing, Endangered, Everglades, Florida, great campsites, Kayaking, Mangroves, Porpoises, Water-Based Park, Wildnerness on January 4, 2005 | 2 Comments »
near Everglades City, Fla. Visited: January 4, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 133 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? At 1.5 million acres, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States. This review covers the northwestern portion of the Park; the area serviced by the Gulf Coast Visitor Center. [...]
Big Cypress National Preserve
Posted in National Preserves, tagged Alligators, Birding, Conservation, Cypress, endangered species, Everglades, great campsites, Jimmy Carter, Oil, Orchids, Panther, Swamp on January 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
southern Florida Visited: January 2, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 132 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? 729,000 acres consisting primarily of cypress forests. This large expanse of land serves as a watershed to the Everglades National Park, Big Cypress N PRES’ neighbor to the south. BEAUTY (7/10) The wild beauty of lurking [...]
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