everglades

In 2000, the U.S. set out on one of the most ambitious environmental projects ever attempted: to wind back the clock and make the Everglades function like it once did — in 1900. The plan could have given Florida a 20-year head start on climate change, but that didn't happen. Listen to WLRN's new podcast series Bright Lit Place.

Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane.

Construction on the long-awaited visitor's center in Everglades City begins September 30th with the halting of onsite concession services including boat tours and rentals.

A coordinated series of efforts over 10 years to eradicate the spectacled caiman from the Western Everglades resulted in the removal of 251 of the creatures.

Trend Exploration is appealing the ruling that no oil is likely to be found in Big Cypress watershed, an area that is critical for the endangered Florida panther.

The Everglades Foundation contends that Tom Van Lent stole “trade secrets.” Environmentalists question why such “secrets” exist, as work unfolds on a controversial reservoir touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis as the “crown jewel of Everglades restoration.”

VoteWater is creating a ruckus over the Florida Senate not confirming the reappointment of a South Florida Water Management District Governing Board member.

A judge sided with the Everglades Foundation after it sued its former chief scientist saying Thomas Van Lent took or destroyed proprietary information.

The new study suggests restoration efforts may need to better accommodate the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow as sea rise could wipe out their Everglades habitat in just 50 years.

An ambitious new paper produced by the U.S. Geological Survey found that the python population has exploded in only 20 years from a few snakes at the southern tip of Everglades National Park to an invasion that envelops the southern third of Florida.

There are growing signs that the massive multibillion-dollar effort is beginning to “get the water right.”

A new study found the orchids, that only grow in North America on the rugged Everglades coast, are being attacked by an invasive pest.