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New Name, Same Job: Supporting National Parks In Florida

For the past 21 years, the South Florida National Parks Trust has worked to raise charitable dollars for Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades national parks and Big Cypress National Preserve. As the funding increased, so did the Trust's reach. To reflect its work effort and the many individuals and organizations involved in it, the Trust is now The Alliance for Florida's National Parks.

Traveler's View: Biden Administration Should Block Big Cypress Oil Drilling

Whoever is confirmed as Interior secretary for the Biden administration should shut down Burnett Oil Co.'s plans to drill for oil in Big Cypress National Preserve and bring an end to any new prospecting or drilling in the biologically diverse and ecologically vital park in South Florida.

Traditional And Emerging Roles Of Chesapeake And Ohio Canal National Historical Park

As much as Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park serves human visitors in search of bucolic serenity, American history, or recreation, the park also serves plants and animals with a safe corridor to move across the landscape, and waterscape, in an area of otherwise fragmented habitats.