2023 Everglades Restoration: A Snapshot of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects and Funding
November 15, 2023 —
As the year comes to a close, here's an accounting of restoration progress-to-date on both fronts.
The Pink Wave: Birds and Hurricanes
November 15, 2023 —
Blown in by Hurricane Idalia, American Flamingos have landed as far north as Wisconsin all the way south to Collier County and the Florida Keys, including a record sighting in Alachua County.
Picayune Strand Restoration Approaches the Finish Line
November 15, 2023 —
As the first Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program project to begin construction, the Picayune Strand Restoration Project will restore water flows to a portion of Collier County in Southwest Florida.
Native Americans Domesticated Turkeys Long Before the Pilgrims Arrived
November 15, 2023 —
Indigenous societies in the Americas valued the birds so highly that they tamed them at least twice, including in the U.S. Southwest. Turkey feathers still have abundant uses to tribes there today.