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

The Florida Everglades ... many doubted whether the Everglades was even worthy of being a national park. "A swamp is a swamp," scoffed respected zoologist William T. Hornaday.

Everglades National Park is the ... the Everglades. The Florida Bay Tour takes you out in the bay with a chance to see ...

Florida Bay is an estuary protected in large part by Everglades National Park. It has been plagued by problems from development upstream and starved for clean water. Now, years of work to save the bay ...

The East Everglades expansion in 1991 added more than 100,000 acres. A Florida Panther in Everglades National Park. The crusade that led to Everglades National Park may well have begun with the ...

Spanning 1.5 million acres of wetland across South Florida, Everglades National Park is a worthwhile daytrip for outdoor enthusiasts visiting Key Largo. There are multiple entrances into the park ...

There, on a wooden platform, and with 57-year-old environmental champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas at his side, he dedicated America’s newest national park ... the Everglades covered some 2,700 square ...