Everglades National Park, at 610,670 hectares, of which 567,000 hectares were inscribed as a World Heritage site (the park has since been expanded), is at the center of a complex of federal and state ...

A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.

Everglades National Park ... These designations underscore the park’s significance not only to Florida and the United States but to the world. The park’s warm, humid environment is ideal ...

Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States and is home to several threatened and ...

Florida Bay is an estuary protected in large part by Everglades National Park. It has been plagued by problems from ... completed and should be a cause for celebration. But new plans by state and ...

Species unique to the park, such as the endangered Florida ... state and federal governments fail to reduce air pollution with stronger rules and standards despite these glaring consequences. Our ...

Spanning 1.5 million acres of wetland across South Florida, Everglades National Park is ... multiple entrances into the park scattered throughout the Sunshine State; the closest to Key Largo ...

Everglades National ... a road from Florida City in 1915 spurred interest in farming the area, the fight became one of preserving a unique ecosystem. In 1916, Royal Palm State Park was established ...

The Florida Federation of Women's Clubs had already preserved a 120-acre parcel called Royal Palms and given it to the state ... the Everglades was even worthy of being a national park.

Harry S. Truman on Dec. 6, 1947, took time out during one of his Key West vacations and rode up U.S. 1 to the mainland. There, on a wooden platform, and with 57-year-old environmental champion ...