Everglades National Park is the third-largest National park ... The main entrance of the park is located at the south ...

A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.

Everglades National Park is the third-largest national park ... and completion of a road from Florida City in 1915 spurred interest in farming the area, the fight became one of preserving a ...

Spanning 1.5 million acres of wetland across South Florida, Everglades National Park is a worthwhile daytrip for outdoor enthusiasts visiting Key Largo. There are multiple entrances into the park ...

Criterion (x): Everglades National Park is a noteworthy example of viable biological processes. The exceptional variety of its water habitats has made it a sanctuary for a large number of birds and ...

There, on a wooden platform, and with 57-year-old environmental champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas at his side, he dedicated America’s newest national park ... from Florida City in 1915 ...

The Florida Everglades ... many doubted whether the Everglades was even worthy of being a national park. "A swamp is a swamp," scoffed respected zoologist William T. Hornaday.

Florida Bay is an estuary protected in large part by Everglades National Park. It has been plagued by problems from development upstream and starved for clean water. Now, years of work to save the bay ...

Lyssa Goldberg About 40 miles west of downtown Miami and a world away from flashy South Beach, the Everglades National ... the Florida Bay and Key West. While most of the 1.5 million-acre park ...