sought refuge deep in the cypress trees, as did the Miccosukee tribe and hundreds of runaway slaves. By 1900, the long, white plumes of egrets that lived in the Everglades had become more valuable ...

The Greater Everglades ecosystem provides drinking water to one-third ... long swath of destruction more than 15 feet wide and up to 2 feet deep in places. Cypress trees, including dwarf cypress that ...

The village of Pinecrest has launched an innovative effort to do just that. The pilot project converts food scraps into ...

A century ago, NPCA spearheaded the effort to protect this primeval world of giant trees, expansive grasslands and idyllic ... s southern entry point (or the Loop Road inside Big Cypress or the ...

Now environmental advocates are worried the multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade Everglades restoration may be in jeopardy.