How Florida officials allowed the state to be overrun by pythons, iguanas and other exotic pets: "A combination of perplexing regulations, foot dragging and lobbying power."https://t.co/Bl2vT9DEEY
Get your ticket before tomorrow! Support Everglades restoration and The Florida Panthers as they take on the Devils for the last game of the season!
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Since this is #NationalCatDay, please enjoy this photo of @BigCypressNPS#panther biologist Deb Jansen with 2 kittens. Deb once tried to save a dying panther by giving it mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, which is a level of commitment to the job you seldom see in America anymore.
Wetland restoration in @BigCypressNPS is working! More than 100 wading birds - mostly white ibis, but also roseate spoonbills, tricolored herons, great egrets & more - were feeding loudly in this one small area on Turner River Road! @BirdSleuth @DCFNPS @fl_native_plant
It was 26 years ago this morning at 8:31 AM that this image of #HurricaneAndrew was taken. It was on a beeline for South Florida, but we didn't know where. People remember a forecast for the Dade/Broward line, but the NHC forecast was right on South Dade. https://t.co/rkMQ7ObzUn
26 years ago today, at 8:30am, this was the scene. Category 5 Hurricane #Andrew taking aim at #Miami-Dade County. It made landfall at Category 5 intensity the following morning, and is still the last Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States. @UMiamiRSMAS
Fun for Anglers from Everglades CISMA:
The Everglades ecosystem is home to at least 22 nonnative freshwater fish species. These nonnative fish may be causing detrimental changes to our native... https://t.co/O5IiNhy5X7