Florida man removes 20 Burmese pythons from Everglades ... - NBC News
WEB2 days ago · Sept. 18, 2024, 11:32 AM PDT / Updated Sept. 18, 2024, 1:03 PM PDT. By Gabriella Rudy. The annual Florida Python Challenge has slithered to its conclusion, with professionally categorized python ...
300 sea corals brought from Florida to Texas as part of ... - CBS News
WEB1 day ago · South Florida and Texas work together to save coral reefs 01:43. Dania Beach, Fla. — Scientists have moved about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research ...
Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida …
WEB3 days ago · WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s official, the Florida Python Challenge this year has a winner. The $10,000 grand prize went to Ronald Kiger, who removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Florida Everglades during the 10-day hunt, which was meant to bring awareness to the threat that these pythons pose to the ecosystem. Last year, he was the direct runner-up to the grand prize winner.
Florida is building the world's largest environmental restoration ... - BBC
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Florida is embarking on an ambitious ecological restoration project in the Everglades: building a reservoir large enough to secure the state's water supply. In February 2023, a large digger...
Interior Department Establishes Everglades to Gulf Conservation …
WEBMar 11, 2024 · VERO BEACH, Fla. – The Department of the Interior today announced the establishment of the Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area in southwest Florida as the 571st and newest unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
A freshwater, saltwater tug-of-war is eating away at the Everglades
WEBAug 20, 2018 · The Everglades, nicknamed the river of grass, has endured its share of threats. Decades of human tinkering to make South Florida an oasis for residents and a profitable place for farmers and...
Everglades restoration moves closer to reality with a crucial ...
WEBFeb 27, 2023 · The Everglades once flowed from just south of Orlando, through Lake Okeechobee, all the way to Florida Bay. It has been dammed and drained. The EAA, once part of the River of Grass, is now a...
Signs of Everglades recovery emerge. Long way to go but ... - WUSF
WEBMar 19, 2023 · An egret prepares to take flight in the Florida Everglades on Feb. 24, 2023. To Davis, with the Everglades Foundation, the progress in the last decade alone in Everglades restoration has been far more dramatic than the 20 years previous.
In the Everglades, a clash pits a leading scientist against his …
WEBJul 5, 2023 · 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.”
Another Project Breaks Ground in Ongoing Everglades …
WEBDec 12, 2022 · Another piece in the largest environmental restoration project in the world came together Monday morning in western Miami-Dade County. After decades of neglect and threatening urban development ...