Perpetual rain this week (at least in Central Florida) has me thinking about how the rainy season isn’t around the corner anymore … it’s here. While South Florida experiences it more dramatically, we’re getting more than our fair share at the moment. Summer rains mean our wild orchids are coming into bloom, which makes me [...]

The Naples News reports that a teenager from Weston died after being evacuated from the Florida Trail north of Oasis Ranger Station while on a hike Saturday with a Boy Scout troop. The death is under investigation. Preliminary statements point to a medical problem aggravated by strenuous conditions. Read the story in the Naples [...]

If you’re driving from Naples to Miami and don’t have a lot of time to spare to stop and enjoy the Big Cypress National Preserve, make a point of pulling off the Tamiami Trail at the Kirby Storter wayside, 14.1 miles east of the blinker at SR 29 outside Everglades City. The boardwalk trail is [...]

A wildlife that started in the vicinity of Turner River Road on April 22 has consumed more than 20,000 acres of the Big Cypress Swamp and forced road closures along I-75 / Alligator Alley to the east of SR 29, and SR 29 itself. The Fire Prairie Trail, Bear Island Unit, and Deep Lake [...]

April 18-26 is National Parks Week. Do yourself a favor and get out this weekend to one of Florida’s National Parks! Now you might scratch your head and say, but that’s … the Everglades!  Well, Everglades National Park, protecting our River of Grass, is one of the best-known National Parks worldwide, but it is NOT [...]