Biscayne National Park Authorities Searching For Individual Who Shot Sea Turtle With Spear Gun
Someone shot a sea turtle with a spear gun, and Biscayne National Park authorities want to find the individual.
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Biscayne National Park's "Spite Highway" Reopens To Hikers
You can walk a bit of the controversial past at Biscayne National Park, and enjoy nature, with the reopening of Spite Highway.
Biscayne National Park Staff Battle Lionfish
Lionfish. Impossibly beautiful, incredibly invasive. Arriving on Florida's shores in the 20th century, the initial population influx of lionfish probably resulted from an accidental or intentional release from a hobbyist fish tank.
Biscayne National Park Art Exhibit Celebrates Plants And Their Pollinators
The newest exhibit in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery features 30 detailed botanical illustrations of some of South Florida’s flowering plants and their pollinators. Pollinators, created by Tropical Botanic Artists, is now on display daily from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. through May 5, 2019. On Saturday, March 30, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists at a free reception from 6 - 8 p.m.
Collaboration Keeps National Parks In Florida Open For Visitors
A collaboration in Florida has formed to keep national parks there open and clean.
Searching For History In Biscayne Bay
Somewhere in the waters of Biscayne National Park lies some of the ugly history of the early 19th century's slave trades. Long hours underwater, and some luck, could help archaeologists expand on the story of the Guerrero with its cargo of hundreds of slaves from Africa.
Sawfish Rescued In Biscayne National Park
Park rangers rescue a trapped sawfish from beneath a pile of lobster trap line.
- December 9th, 2018
Traveler's View: Politics Vs. Public Interest In National Parks
While the National Park Service Organic Act directs the National Park Service to be a guardian of the parks and the flora and fauna within them, politics don't always make that easy. Proof of that can be seen in Alaska, where the agency has done a complete reversal in trying to protect wolves, bears, coyotes and other predators from rampant hunting and trapping.
Archaeologists Search For Wreck Of Slave Ship At Biscayne National Park
National parks harbor mysteries and surprises, as evidenced by the discovery back in 2014 of a 132-year-old Winchester rifle leaning up against a gnarled old juniper in the backcountry of Great Basin National Park in Nevada. They also contain chapters of history, one of which is being searched for in the waters of Biscayne National Park in Florida.
Hurricane Season Could Be Easier On National Park System
As of right now, it looks like a reprieve of sorts could be in the offing for units of the National Park System battered by hurricanes last year.
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