Everglades Restoration Project

The Everglades is, in many ways, the ecological crown jewel of Florida. However, years of drainage, development, agriculture, and other human influences have caused…

Five National Park Myths

The recent government shutdown brought a spotlight to America’s national parks as their closing was one of the more conspicuous effects of the shutdown….

Weeds No More

During an internship with the Audubon Society a few years back I lived with two “foragers.” These two roommates would scour the woods, swamps,…

Carl Hiaasen on the Shutdown

Novelist Carl Hiaasen has written a piece for the Miami Herald on the effects of the recent government shutdown. The piece looks particularly at…