Big Cypress National Preserve News

In one of the largest donations ever made by a private landowner, local conservationist M.C. Davis has donated 930 acres of land to the U.S. Forest Service and the Florida Trail Association.

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If you see smoke near the Big Cypress National Preserve today in eastern Collier County, don't panic.

He was stalked by a panther. He was sucked in neck-deep in a patch of quicksand, and got free only by ditching his clothes and much of his gear in the muck.

Officials are searching for Jamey Mosch in an area near a lake southeast of the Bear Island campground, pictured in the upper righthand corner of this National Park Service map of Big Cypress National Preserve.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - The former Elmira man who was lost for days in the Florida Everglades has been found alive.

The hunter who went missing in the Big Cypress National Preserve earlier this week has been found safe.

Officials are searching for Jamey Mosch in an area near a lake southeast of the Bear Island campground, pictured in the upper righthand corner of this National Park Service map of Big Cypress National Preserve.

Searchers are looking for a missing hunter in Big Cypress National Preserve. NPS photo.

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Don Lawson of Cape Coral won first place in Tropicalia's October Pictures from Paradise contest with his shot of an alligator in the weeds.

Clyde Butcher believes South Florida's wetlands have an image problem. Everglades National Park and the adjacent Big Cypress National Preserve are unique, awe-inspiring places.

Is there oil beneath this abandoned jetport in Big Cypress National Preserve? Historical Museum of Southern Florida photo.

Road work will require the temporary closure of a portion of the Loop Road in Big Cypress National Preserve.

Researchers at the South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park, implant a radio transmitter in a 16-foot, 155-pound female Burmese python.

There is no doubt that South Florida has some of the most scenic drives in the country.

BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE - In the cool and spooky shade of cypress, Audubon of Florida researchers Shawn Liston and Mike Bush hunted fish and invertebrates to determine what prey is available for wading birds.

Three exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art: one, an expected pleasure; one, a pleasant surprise; the other, a disappointment.

The draft proposal by the National Park Service has drawn protests from sportsmen who want more access to Big Cypress lands north of Interstate 75 by traditional users.

A Wednesday editorial misstated local wildlife artist Clyde Butcher's role at Big Cypress National Preserve.