Many terms used in discussions of Everglades restoration may be unfamiliar to most people. The following list contains definitions of some of the more common terms used. South Florida Water ...

Florida's Everglades National Park is one of the most unique ecosystems in the world — a huge wilderness where slow-moving waters weave through sawgrass marshes, dense mangroves, and cypress ...

1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...

Something that has always marked my time as a South Florida newsman — first in Miami and later in the West Palm Beach/Treasure Coast area — is the story of the Everglades. I have been going ...