Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still ...

A map that distinguishes natural from human-made features shows how both threaten Florida’s immense and unique freshwater marsh. ByMatthew W. Chwastyk This story appears in the September 2018 ...

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection will handle wetlands permitting that has been done until now by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“Florida originally had like 4 million acres of wetlands and … they’re like the kidneys of our land so the pendulum of protecting them as they get more rare is critical,” said Gabrielle ...

Environmentalists objected to the plan to set up “heavy-duty” tents to house undocumented immigrants in one of the country’s ...

CHRISTMAS, Fla. – Central Florida is home to many beautiful parks, beaches and waterways, but here’s one you may not have heard of: Orlando Wetlands Park. In fact, it’s not even in Orlando ...

Florida Everglades: Restoring the Wetlands. With an 80-acre scale model of the 1.6 million-acre Everglades wetland system, ... A Map of Migrating Birds Follow Us.

Earthjustice filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the federal government on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida ...

The state argued this week that a federal appeals court should overturn a ruling about permitting projects that affect wetlands, contending that “disastrous consequences flow” from the ruling.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida this week argued a federal appeals court should overturn a ruling about permitting for projects that affect wetlands, contending that "disastrous consequences flow" from ...