How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
A Florida governor in the early 1900s saw potential for the Everglades land but only if it was drained of its water.
Crocs and flip-flops (and plenty of DEET) in Flamingo, Fla.
We traveled the 90-mile or so road from Miami, along pine forests, cypress swamps, sawgrass marshes, and ponds to this final ...
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How Everglades National Park came to preserve the great 'River of Grass'
Everglades National Park is the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States. It preserves the southernmost 20% of the Everglades. It was the first park to preserve an ecosystem.