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2025 Florida Python Challenge Kicks Off: $25,000 In Prizes For Everglades Conservation
Hunters Vie for $25,000 in Prizes to Protect Florida's Ecosystem The 2025 Florida Python Challenge™ officially began today, ...
Miami archbishop slams Everglades immigrant detention site as 'unbecoming' and ‘corrosive'
Archbishop Thomas Wenski criticized the remote location of the detention site called "Alligator Alcatraz" and the rhetoric surrounding it.
Snake Showdown: Florida’s Python Challenge slithers into action
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. — Snake hunters across Florida are participating in the annual “Python Challenge.” The goal of the 10-day event is to remove invasive Burmese pythons from the state. The ...
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Legal Warning: Everglades ICE Facility Causing More Damaging Environmental Violations
Conservation groups warned government agencies in a legal filing today that they’re breaking the law by failing to protect the Big Cypress National Preserve from the increasingly destructive effects ...
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Florida sees rare flock of 125 flamingos, the largest in a decade in the Everglades
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the American flamingo is one of the largest species ...
Largest Everglades flamingo flock in a decade spotted. Are they nesting in Florida?
One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration ...
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Florida Python Challenge returns to protect Everglades ecosystem from snakes threatening native wildlife
Florida Python Challenge begins July 11, bringing hunters to the Everglades to remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten ...
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Report: Everglades generates $31.5B a year, worth $1T over 50 years
A new report says the Everglades support $31.5B in economic value annually and over $1T in ecosystem services over the next ...