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United States: Python proliferation

29 May 2009 12:24:51 PDT

That's 11 pythons the Venom 1 Unit of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department won't have to deal with, but the number pales in comparison with the estimated 30000 pythons that live nearby in Everglades National Park. Each year Venom 1 pulls pythons from ...

Original story at Christian Science Monitor .

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American Crocodile

29 May 2009 07:12:57 PDT

Pakistan Australian crocodiles, American crocodiles are rarely seen by people. They eat a variety of crabs, fish, waterfowl, and small mammals. National Parks: The American crocodile can be found in Biscayne National Park, FL, and Everglades National Park, FL.

Original story at A Pakistan .

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State wildlife officials propose bounty on pythons in Everglades

28 May 2009 21:16:05 PDT

They base that estimate on the fact that they diligently turned over one 1200-acre area in Everglades National Park and found 55 of the huge constrictors, which squeeze their prey to kill it. The pythons breed freely in tropical South Florida, ...

Original story at Tampabay.com .

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Interior Secretary visiting Everglades

28 May 2009 00:42:20 PDT

FL AP EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. -- A member of President Barack Obama's Cabinet is making his first official trip to the Everglades. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joins Governor Charlie Crist and Senators Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson in visiting the ...

Original story at MiamiHerald.com .

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VIDEO: Rare daytime panther sighting

26 May 2009 10:28:27 PDT

FL Seeing a Florida Panther is extremely rare and according to Lotz, Corkscrew is among the top three places in Florida that someone can see the cats, based on photos and videos FWC has received. Everglades National Park and Fakahatchee Strand are the ...

Original story at WINKNEWS.com .

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New company provides teaching tools online

26 May 2009 07:13:46 PDT

CA In the Florida Bay, in Everglades National Park, there is a huge shallow area that is a sensitive habitat for many fish and birds. Power boats were tearing it up. There was talk about shutting the area down to power boats. ...

Original story at Santa Cruz Sentinel .

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Everglades National Park news and blogs - November 09, 2009

09 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Everglades National Park news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• In the Everglades: Exotic fish threaten native species -- from News & Observer
• fpl's power-line plan in South Miami-Dade faces opposition -- from MiamiHerald.com
• Boater education key to Florida Bay health -- from Sun-Sentinel.com
• Southern Cross Stargazer -- from MiamiHerald.com
• Second homes: Easy access to nature, watersports in Florida's ... -- from USA Today
• Senate Votes to Allow Guns at National Parks -- from Washington Post
• Bill aims to keep Everglades free of exotic pets -- from Kentucky.com
• Tropical invaders become growing problem in Florida -- from Bradenton Herald
• Boaters, park officials clash over rules restricting use of ... -- from Palm Beach Post
• Florida Bay proposals would restrict boating -- from Los Angeles Times

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HOT TOPIC: EVERGLADES REPAIR

23 May 2009 21:15:44 PDT

United States After 20 years of preparation, federal agencies were poised in December to put shovels in the ground along the Tamiami Trail north of Everglades National Park so that water could begin flowing to restore the Everglades and Florida Bay. ...

Original story at Palm Beach Post .

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Miami Area

14 May 2009 07:08:23 PDT

NY Biscayne National Park introduces a world accessible by boat, a world best seen through a snorkel mask. A 40-mile road takes you through Everglades National Park and its subtle beauty, to Flamingo, where a modest lodge and scores of water and land ...

Original story at International Business Times .

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Costal Prairie Hiking Trail finally reopens

13 May 2009 09:40:14 PDT

FL Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball recently announced the trail in the Flamingo area of the park finally had been cleared of hurricane debris. The trail had to be cleared by hand and has taken some time, park officials said. ...

Original story at MiamiHerald.com .

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Deadline's Friday for input into proposed Everglades National Park ...

13 May 2009 04:59:52 PDT

Florida That's when the period to submit written comments on preliminary alternatives offered by Everglades National Park staff for managing its Florida Bay waters will close. Planners will then consider what their public response will be. ...

Original story at KeysNet .

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Exotic pet control fight gets nasty

11 May 2009 09:43:19 PDT

FL Ever since we all saw the famous photo of the alligator-eating python in Everglades National Park a few years ago, the problem of rampant breeding populations of large dangerous reptiles and other exotic wildlife has gained attention. ...

Original story at TheLedger.com Blogs .

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Friendly fire: Burning in Everglades can actually be good

09 May 2009 00:04:09 PDT

FL In the Big Cypress, 750000 acres of cypress swamps, pine forests and grassy wetlands bordering Everglades National Park, regular burns are so vital that managers set more acreage afire annually than in any national park -- typically 50000 to 70000 ...

Original story at MiamiHerald.com .

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Everglades invaders

28 Apr 2009 15:51:51 PDT

FL The piece, written by Burkhard Bilger, details the explosion of introduced animals in Florida, particularly in Everglades National Park. Most of the exotic animals are the offspring of former pets that either escaped (in some cases, with help from ...

Original story at TheLedger.com Blogs .

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Review: 'An Everglades Providence' by Jack E. Davis hails the ...

25 Apr 2009 01:35:37 PDT

Her ashes were scattered in a secret place in Everglades National Park. A flock of blackbirds sang the requiem. Jeff Klinkenberg writes about Florida culture for the St. Petersburg Times. His latest book collection of essays is "Pilgrim in the Land of ...

Original story at Tampabay.com .

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Palmetto Senior High students team up to fight cancer

12 Apr 2009 00:10:29 PDT

FL The weekend event will raise funds for The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Florida and the Tropical Everglades Visitor Association. The tournament includes one day of inshore fishing out of Flamingo in Everglades National Park and two days of ...

Original story at MiamiHerald.com .

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US to review rare plant species in Florida

09 Apr 2009 07:22:25 PDT

FL The largest chunk is in Everglades National Park, the rest in scattered protected lands across the county. Other Florida species to be review include Brooksville bellflower, Cooley's waterwillow, Britton's beargrass. Chapman's rhododendron and the ...

Original story at MiamiHerald.com .

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Canoeing in the middle of winter, not here but in the Everglades

07 Apr 2009 08:14:17 PDT

IA A check of maps reveals that the Everglades National Park is huge, spanning over 1500000 acres. Where Ron and Chris put in was near the small community of Everglades City, located on the eastern edge of Florida and the Everglades. ...

Original story at Cresco Times Plain Dealer .

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Flamingo Lodge should be replaced

30 Mar 2009 20:28:37 PDT

FL I hadn't been farther into Everglades National Park than Royal Palm Hammock for a few years, so I missed the lodge's decline from hurricane damage. From what I read, it seems a new hotel won't be coming for a while because the National Park Service ...

Original story at TheLedger.com Blogs .

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Florida Bay preservation proposals heed boaters' concerns

07 Mar 2009 22:51:56 PST

FL BY CURTIS MORGAN The waters of Florida Bay in Everglades National Park cover nearly a half-million acres laced with sea grass banks and dotted with too many mangrove islands to count or name. Yet even in this vast expanse, it's hard to find a patch of ...

Original story at MiamiHerald.com .

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Everglades National Park opens historic missile base for tours

15 Jan 2009 05:07:26 PST

- by George Leposky, Miami Travel Examiner The National Park Service has opened the historic Nike Hercules Missile Base HM-69 in Everglades National Park to ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

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Everglades National Park

09 Oct 2008 18:28:05 PDT

was a part of our trip in which we were eager to see. It definitely isn’t the prettiest national park you will ever see, but it also holds a charm about it as well. With the exception of being attacked by swarms ...

Original story at Travel Blog | Travel Journals, Diaries and Photos .

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uvdiv on Everglades National Park Approves Ambitious $23 Million Plan for Solar-Powered Campground, Eco tents, and Lodge

16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PDT

Original story at reddit.com .

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Florida Rejects Everglades Coal-Fired Power Plant due to Global Warming

06 Jun 2007 13:56:24 PDT

Written by hhopper
Global warming concerns helped persuade the state Public Service Commission on Tuesday to reject a plan by Florida’s largest utility to build a $5.7-billion coal-fired power plant near Everglades National Park. The denial marks the first time global warming has ever played a role in a PS...

Original story at Dvorak Uncensored .

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Carl Pope: Another Two Bite the Dust

06 Jun 2007 12:44:03 PDT

Written by Carl Pope
Tallahassee, FL -- The biggest coal-burning power plant still on the drawing board was planned right next to Everglades National Park by Florida Power and Light. But the Glades plant, which the Sierra Club had challenged before the Florida Public...

Original story at Huffington Post .

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Leaky pipes add to drought woes

13 May 2007 12:24:00 PDT

MIAMI — Leaky, aging pipes in South Florida are losing millions of gallons of water, even as the region struggles with a crippling drought, experts said. Miami-Dade County last year lost 12.4 billion gallons to leaks — nearly a tenth of what it produced. Local pipes leak enough water daily to...

Original story at Florida Today .

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