The cypress swamp that just seconds before had been its ... “There it was. Instead of old black water, a new rainbow of color. Across the still expanse of the swamp, reds, oranges, yellows ...

Cypress Gardens is a hidden gem just north of Charleston. Take a boat tour of the swamp or hike one of the trails through a garden of blooming flowers.

Hunters, swamp buggy enthusiasts, politicians, Gladesmen and others are fighting to keep the federal government from giving a wilderness designation to the Big Cypress National Preserve outside of ...