An aerial photo shows an existing oil drilling operation in the Big Cypress National ... in the region’s unique cypress swamps, marl prairies, hardwood hammocks and mangrove forests.

Big Cypress is remarkable for its temperate and tropical mixture of species found across five major habitats: cypress swamps, marl prairies, pinelands, hardwood hammocks and estuaries including tidal ...

A proposed wilderness designation for the Big Cypress National Preserve has been nixed after several environmental groups and politicians fought the label for the massive swath of land ...