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Protect Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve from future oil exploration, advocates urge feds
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNational park advocates are publicly urging federal environment officials to invoke a rarely used veto to protect Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve from future oil exploration. It’s an ...
New protections for Big Cypress? Miccosukee, hunters worry about being locked out
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park are both part of the Everglades and...
Sen. Rick Scott joins Miccosukee Tribe in argument over Big Cypress Preserve protections
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe question of how best to protect Big Cypress National Preserve for future generations — install...
Florida hikers rescued by helicopter in Big Cypress Preserve
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA stranded pair of hikers used a flashlight to signal rescue workers in a helicopter over Big...
Wildfire at Big Cypress National Preserve extends to nearly 7,000 acres, officials say
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter nearly three days, a brush fire off Interstate 75 has grown to nearly 7,000 acres at a...
Tribal conservation plan will end drilling in Big Cypress
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Big Cypress National Preserve and the Greater Everglades surrounding it are currently and...
Officials continue to battle flames as blaze at Big Cypress National Preserve grows
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA week after a brush fire broke in Collier County, authorities continue their efforts to prevent the...
This swamp helps provide drinking water for Floridians. What does Big Cypress look like?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBig Cypress National Preserve, a 729,000-acre swamp on the western border of Everglades National...
Two Burmese pythons, 23 eggs, 19 hatchlings removed from Big Cypress National Preserve
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA contractor removed two breeding female Burmese pythons, 19 hatchlings and 23 eggs from Southwest...
198-pound Burmese python caught in Florida: "It was more than a snake, it was a monster"
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe invasive female Burmese python captured at Big Cypress National Preserve weighed 198 pounds –...