Meet the Residents of Everglades National Park | America's National Parks
Alligators, endangered panthers and manatees are just some of the incredible animals that call Everglades National Park their home.
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Everglades Tour Airboat Ride with Captain Randy near Fort Lauderdale FL
Everglades Tour Airboat-Fan Boat Ride with Captain Randy Meeker of Ride The Wind, off Alligator Alley just west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Two (2) alligators seen swimming in the water included in this video while riding-gliding over swamp, marsh, tall grass at Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC managed state lands) ...
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Everglades Tour - An Amazing Private Experience of the Marshlands
One of the best ways to enjoy an Everglades tours Miami, is to go on a private airboat tour of the world famous wetlands in Florida. Captain Dave Hunt - Private Tours is one such vendor that offers customized Miami Everglades tours for patrons. It can be a single day or multi-day trip.
Captain Dave Hunt - Private Tours: It is based out of Miami and a great choice for photographers, nature lovers and documentary makers. You can choose a tour of both the west and east coasts of Florida, which form a part of the Everglades. It may be noted that the Anhinga trail and other such sections of the region are great for hiking. However, there are a number of small islands rich in animal and bird life as well as unique species of plants that are not accessible via road. A private tour on board an Everglades shuttle is very helpful in such scenarios. Before making the trip from Miami to Everglades, you may contact Captain Dave and have all your questions answered. You may also time your schedule for each day and modify the programs on the trip as well, if need be. Tourists can also avail of a hotel pickup from Captain Dave.
The ride: Once at the launch site, the fun aboard an Everglades airboat begins. You will be exuberated by six hours of an alligator tour as well as sightings of thousands of birds that you may not find in any other area. Captain Dave also acts as a fishing guide on other kinds of tours and hence knows the Florida Everglades like his own backyard. He is aware that professional bird photographers need to get as close to the birds as possible, but at the same time should not scare them off. He also knows that unlike bird watchers or enthusiasts, bird photographers need to stay for some time so that they are able to capture every sight and action on offer.
That extra bit: Dave is a friendly, warm, and a jovial person, who is also a skilled, safe boatman, and thoroughly professional in his work. Patrons who need to answer the call of nature during the trip on the fan boat will be surprised by the service provided. You may become dropped off at any one of the numerous islands, and even given the time to wander along the island and see the many wonders of these marvelous, isolated islands. After this short break, you can speed back up to the next destination. Captain Dave also knows special places where flamingos can be spotted. Even the local bird enthusiasts are not aware of this place!
Everyone is a Photographer Here
All of us know that a tour of the Everglades is one of the best experiences for a bird photographer, as for numerous other tourists. The correct use of time for the photographers is certainly essential. Captain Dave's private tours will help you accomplish all that and more. You will also have lots of fun during the thrilling and magnetic airboat tours.
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FLORIDA WILDLIFE CORRIDOR EXPEDITION EVERGLADES TO OKEFENOKEE
On January 17, 2012, the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition team kicked off a 1000-mile expedition over a 100-day period to increase public awareness of the need to protect and restore Florida's wildlife habitat. Bear biologist Joe Guthrie, conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, photojournalist Carlton Ward Jr., and filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus trekked from the Everglades National Park toward Okefenokee National Forest in southern Georgia. The team traversed the wildlife habitats, watersheds and participating working farms and ranches, which comprise the Florida Wildlife Corridor opportunity area.
Everglades National Park - The Anhinga Trail and Alligators Video (Everglades, Florida)
We decided to try and see some alligators (as we were in Florida afterall!), so it seemed the best place to visit was The Everglades and The Anhinga Trail seemed to have a good rep online! Needless to say, we saw a fair few gators on the way! They give you free vulture car-protecting tarps in the parking lot lol! Apparently they love rubber! Damn vultures, they'd eat anything!
The Everglades (or Pa-hay-okee) is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles (97 km) wide and over 100 miles (160 km) long, flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state. The Everglades experience a wide range of weather patterns, from frequent flooding in the wet season to drought in the dry season. Writer Marjory Stoneman Douglas popularized the term River of Grass to describe the sawgrass marshes, part of a complex system of interdependent ecosystems that include cypress swamps, the estuarine mangrove forests of the Ten Thousand Islands, tropical hardwood hammocks, pine rockland, and the marine environment of Florida Bay.
Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates to 15,000 years ago. Before European colonization, the region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes. With Spanish colonization, both tribes declined gradually during the following two centuries. The Seminole formed from mostly Creek people who had been warring to the North; they assimilated other peoples and created a new culture. After being forced from northern Florida into the Everglades during the Seminole Wars of the early 19th century, they adapted to the region and were able to resist removal by the United States Army.
Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848, but no work of this type was attempted until 1882. Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century, and spurred the South Florida economy, prompting land development. In 1947, Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project, which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals, levees, and water control devices. The Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities. Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland, where the primary crop was sugarcane. Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas.
Following this period of rapid development and environmental degradation, the ecosystem began to receive notable attention from conservation groups in the 1970s. Internationally, UNESCO and the Ramsar Convention designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance. The construction of a large airport 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked when an environmental study found that it would severely damage the South Florida ecosystem. With heightened awareness and appreciation of the region, restoration began in the 1980s with the removal of a canal that had straightened the Kissimmee River. However, development and sustainability concerns have remained pertinent in the region. The deterioration of the Everglades, including poor water quality in Lake Okeechobee, was linked to the diminishing quality of life in South Florida's urban areas. In 2000 the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan was approved by Congress to combat these problems. To date, it is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental restoration attempt in history, but its implementation has faced political complications.
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Alligator and an Airboat - The Florida Everglades - Weston Florida
Weston is a suburban community in Broward County, Florida, United States. Established as a city in 1996, much of the community was developed by Arvida/JMB Realty and is located near the western developmental boundary of Broward County. It is the most western city in Broward County, and its entire west side is next to the Everglades.
An airboat, also known as a fanboat, is a flat-bottomed vessel (jon boat) propelled in a forward direction by an aircraft-type propeller and powered by either an aircraft or automotive engine. Airboats are a very popular means of transportation in the Florida Everglades, parts of the Indian River Lagoon, the Kissimmee and St. Johns Rivers, as well as Louisiana Bayous, where they are used for fishing, bowfishing, hunting and eco-tourism, and in other marshy and/or shallow areas where a standard inboard or outboard engine with a submerged propeller would be impractical.
Everglades Safari Parks | Airboat Ride | Miami
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Everglades Safari Park has been in business for over 40 years, helping to showcase South Florida and its attractions to guests from all over the world. Over the years, they have grown into one of the largest and most complete attractions in the heart of the Florida Everglades National Park. they are members of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor's Bureau, and are the preferred providers of daily Everglades tours for countless American and European tour operators and cruise lines.
In addition to serving the tourist industry of South Florida, they are also dedicated to promoting the preservation of the Florida Everglades. they work with various schools and museums in the community as a field trip site for children in an effort to educate the public about the significant impact of the Florida Everglades upon our community and the necessity of protecting this valuable ecosystem.
they offer a variety of ways to observe the Everglades at their park, including an Airboat Ride, Alligator Show, and a Jungle Trail. their 30-40 minute Airboat Rides are guided by skilled narrators, familiar with every aspect of the Florida Everglades, including its history, vegetation, and wildlife, as well as its impact upon the community. The Alligator Show provides guests an informative, interactive opportunity to become familiar with the features of the American Alligators as well as a variety of other wildlife. In addition to these attractions, they also have a Jungle Trail which leads visitors to an Alligator Farm with American Alligators, a Crocodile Exhibits featuring various species from around the world, and also visit their museum with several reptile species on exhibit.
they take pride in the quality of our service and our facilities, and are constantly striving to make improvements to our park. In this manner, they hope to continue to play an important role in promoting the economy and environment of South Florida for many years to come.
Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area Florida Jeep Rides
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Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area.
Named for the three lakes that border the area, Three Lakes WMA preserves pine flatwoods, a significant portion of the Kissimmee Prairie, one of the last remaining expanses of dry prairie in the United States, and numerous other natural communities.
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Wild life seen:
Gators.
Hawks.
Black Racer.
Gopher tortoise.
Sand Hill cranes.
Wild Turkey.
Deer. 3 Doe.
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Everglades Area Tours Guide Swamp Walk
A fantastic experience in Big Cypress Preserve and Fakahatchee Strand
Off Road Thru Everglades Fakahatchee Strand Trails
We go off roading thru trails deep in the everglades of Florida. We see Gators on the road, and we end up lost. We were looking for fishing spots for future trips. The best fishing spots we have came across, while off road adventures.
Wildlife in the Everglades
Alligator action on the Big Cypress Bend Boardwalk at Fakahatchee Preserve! For more:
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On the Everglades Trail, part 1
The Everglades Trail is a project initiated by Wilderness Graphics, Inc., the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Friends of Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The Trail was introduced by U.S. Senator Bob Graham and created with the support of Office of Greenways and Trails, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Department of Transportation Environmental Management Office, with the assistance of Visit Florida and participation of local, state, and federal agencies.
This 300-mile auto tour route connects people with the nature and history of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem through twenty sites offering accessible opportunities for people to explore the natural wonders of their public lands.
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This film won the 2004 Telly Award in the categories of half-hour documentaries.
Pam Forrester of Three Star Production in cooperation with Wilderness Graphics and the South Florida Water Management District poduced this video. Marvin Cook of Wilderness Graphics served as the executive producer.
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To find the costs of literature reprinting and trail maintenance needs, an educational and entertaining 2-disc enhanced CD set was produced and released in January 2004. Proceedings from the sale of this CD set will be used to support Trail expenses. One CD features interesting stories narrated by CBS Sunday Morning anchor Charles Osgood, as well as interviews with people who live and work in the region. Jimmy Buffet and eleven other talented Florida muscians contributed songs for the second CD, providing diverse musical interpretations of the Everglades. See:
The Real Everglades
The Real Everglades
Everglades National Park small private airboat tour.
this is from my dad's small yellow airboat, Miami-Dade County, west of Homestead
Enjoy while we have it, because we are destroying the ecosystem.
Thirty-six federally protected animals live in the park, some of which face grave threats to their survival.
In the United States, the American crocodile's only habitat is within South Florida. They were once overhunted for their hides. They are protected today from hunting but are still threatened by habitat destruction and injury from vehicle collisions when crossing roads to reach waterways. About 2,000 crocodiles live in Florida, and there are roughly 100 nests in the Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. Crocodiles populations in South Florida have increased as has the number of alligators. Crocodiles were reclassified from endangered to threatened in the United States in 2007.
The Real Everglades
The Florida panther is one of the most endangered mammals on earth. About 230 live in the wild, primarily in the Everglades and the Big Cypress Swamp. The biggest threats to the panther include habitat destruction from human development, vehicle collisions, inbreeding due to their limited gene pool, parasites, diseases, and mercury poisoning.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) listed eight Reptiles of Concern, including the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus), focusing on them for their large sizes and aggressive natures, allowing licensed hunters to kill any listed animals in protected areas and sell their meat and hides. Burmese pythons, two subspecies of African rock pythons (Python sebae; northern and southern), and yellow anacondas (Eunectes notaeus) were banned from import into the U.S. in 2012. United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the inclusion of these reptiles at Everglades National Park. Exotic species control falls under the management of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has been compiling and disseminating information about invasive species since 1994. Control of invasive species costs $500 million per year, but 1,700,000 acres (6,900 km2) of land in South Florida remains infested
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Enjoy The Real Everglades
Taken from a thick patch in the middle of the swamp on an airboat.
This is THE REAL EVERGLADES
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Everglades Black Bear
We set out to photograph black bears in the Everglades and had 4 awesome encounters today. Bear #39 for us! So grateful!
RV Travel: Wintering in Florida Pt 5 South Florida & Everglades NP
Warning long video! Unfortunately most the free campgrounds in South Florida are now pay, but there are still some inexpensive ones out there. I also cover the Everglades National Park in more detail because I don't think a trip to Florida would be complete without exploring this park (and maybe at least some of the Keys).
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West Lake Everglades
West Lake in Everglades National Park, Florida viewed from the boardwalk through the mangrove forest.
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Florida Road Trip; The Big Cypress Swamp
Today I’m in the Big Cypress Swamp along The Tamiami Trail.
The Tamiami trail is the road between Tampa and Miami (Tam…Tampa so Tamiami trail).
This road was constructed in the 1920s to link Tampa and Miami,
But the construction disturbed the natural flow of water into the park, leaving Western Shark River Slough unnaturally wet and the south unnaturally dry.
More, In 1968, construction of a massive jetport was begun. The ultimate plan was to create the world’s largest jet port with the world’s largest runway.
The project would have devasted the natural flow of fresh water.through the Big Cypress swamp.
So In 1974 Congress created Big Cypress National Preserve to protect the fresh water’s natural flow through the big Cypress Swamp into the Everglades.
Here is the Kirby Storter Boardwalk.
This is one of my favorite strolls in the Everglades at Big Cypress. The Kirby Storter Boardwalk brought me close into the swamp.
Because it’s the dry season, I can be right through the heart of a Bald Cypress strand.
A strand is an area where the elevation drops, sometimes just a few inches, and more nutrients collect in here that support larger trees. Cypress trees grow in the strands since they are able to withstand the flooded conditions.
About a third of Big Cypress National Preserve is covered with Cypresses.
Although most cypress trees are of the dwarf pond variety, These one here, at Kirby are the giant bald cypresses which are almost gone due to deforestation in the 1930's and 1940's.
These great cypresses are 100 to 700 years old.
Not only they provide a habitat for a number of plants and animal species, but they are essential in managing the water that flows through the Everglades.
On my way I checked out the air plants that look like giant bird nests.
But these are not parasites, just merely use the trees for support but take all their sustenance from the air.
Then I left the prairies and entered in a shaded area, and the cypress stranded envelops me.
I’m in the middle of the cypress swamp. But today I can walk down without any problem because it’s too dry for a swamp walk.
And I tried the check out the famous cypress knees, which look like stalagmites sticking up from the swamp.
I would like to spend more time here but there a really too much mosquitoes here.
That's it.
Stormwater Treatment Areas: Clean water for the Everglades
Video by the South Florida Water Management District about its Stormwater Treatment Areas mandated by the Florida Forever Act of the state legislature as a result of a 1988 federal lawsuit against the State of Florida for polluting waters of Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Palm Beach County, Florida -- part of the Everglades
Big Cypress National Preserve Tours 2019 - Discover Everglades
Discover the Everglades, Big Cypress National Preserve on Tamiami Trail (US41) and Loop Road Scenic Drive in Florida. See famous places, alligators, birds and the beautiful wildlife here.
Be sure to stop by the Great Cypress Visitor Center, Oasis Welcome Center, Ochopee Post Office, H.P. Williams Roadside Park (great place to watch alligators) and the Loop Road. All are off Tamiami Trail. Sights you will see no place else.
Take in the original sounds of the breathtaking nature and wildlife. No boring chit chat, only original Sounds. Enjoy.
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Big Cypress National Preserve
Wonderful area with lots to do. Be sure to start at the Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center. Manatee, alligator, tons of birds, Hiking, camping & star gazing. Love it :)
Big Cypress Swamp Welcome Center
The ranger was super nice and informative and gave us an overview of the map. It’s definitely worth a stop inside. There's a boardwalk along the canal where gaters are too.
Ochopee Post Office
Smallest Post Office in the United States
Stop, read the plaque, and maybe mail a postcard. It's cute, and one of those You were there places. There is really the smallest Post Office in USA, just 5 sq m, with a kind postman sitting inside, ready to stamp and to send your card from this very special, tiny and unique Post Office.
H.P. Williams Roadside Park
We stop by this park every year on our annual trip to the Everglades. The alligators never disappoint! It's right on the highway, easy to park. There are always nice birds and fish too. Definitely stop there!
Big Cypress Oasis Visitor Center
Great place to stop on the 41 ,stretch your legs and view the alligators .Small visitor centre with interesting postings of animals and birds sighted in the area .
Loop Road Scenic Drive
Loop Road is an absolute must for any photographer and film-maker. If you want to see some remarkably gorgeous spots, take the drive! Of the 24 miles, a good 12 to 15 of them are rather unremarkable and you just need to get through them. This is a wonderful drive if you want to see the Everglades up close and personal.
You will see alligators and birds in their natural habitat. We saw a big gator on the street :) So watch out.
Stops Loop Road:
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Surprise at: 1:02:16
Thanks for watching. Enjoy. See you there, Alex
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Freshwater to the Sea
The freshwaters of the Big Cypress Swamp, essential to the health of the neighboring Everglades, support the rich marine estuaries along Florida's southwest coast. Protecting over 729,000 acres of this vast swamp, Big Cypress National Preserve contains a mixture of tropical and temperate plant communities that are home to a diversity of wildlife, including the elusive Florida panther. Read More:
America's Everglades - The largest subtropical wilderness in the United States
Everglades National Park protects an unparalleled landscape that provides important habitat for numerous rare and endangered species like the manatee, American crocodile, and the elusive Florida panther.
An international treasure as well - a World Heritage Site, International Biosphere Reserve, a Wetland of International Importance, and a specially protected area under the Cartagena Treaty.
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