The country’s first national preserve, Big Cypress protects 729,000 acres of wetlands that flow clean water across the Greater Everglades ecosystem, into Everglades National Park, and into the vital ...

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Of the 40+ National Park Service sites with at least some privately held mineral rights, there is no single project that comes close to the scope and scale of what is proposed for Big Cypress National ...

Preservationists are rallying to purchase the mineral rights beneath the 450,015 acres of the Big Cypress National Preserve ...

The Trump administration has cut dozens of federal jobs in South Florida, including scientists and rangers at Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. Environmental advocates ...

As South Florida national parks reckon with staff layoffs from the White House, the latest visitor data shows attendance ...

Biscayne National Park, the Big Cypress National Preserve and the South Florida Natural Resources Center. Cuts include scientists doing critical Everglades research and rangers working on ...

which manages Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, as well as Atlanta-based Taylor Pool of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which controls Collier County’s Florida ...