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    Everglades National Park is an American national park that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida. The park is the...
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    designated the Everglades a Wetland Area of Global Importance. The construction of a large airport 6 miles (10 km) north of Everglades National Park was blocked...
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    A national push for expansion and progress toward the latter part of the 19th century stimulated interest in draining the Everglades, a region of tropical...
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    Statiscal Area. The Gulf Coast Visitor Center for Everglades National Park is located in Everglades City. As of the 2020 US census, the population was...
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  • Tamiami Trail (category National Scenic Byways in Florida)
    east–west road (hidden SR 90) crossing the Everglades (and forming part of the northern border of Everglades National Park). It becomes Southwest 8th Street in...
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    February 24, 2017. "Everglades National Park". National Park Service. Retrieved March 23, 2010. "World Heritage List - Everglades National Park". unesco.org...
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  • western end of Griffin Road, off U.S. 27. Everglades Holiday Park is not affiliated with Everglades National Park. George M. Bridges was a tobacco farmer...
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    Burmese pythons in Florida (category Everglades)
    to the 1930s and although Burmese pythons were first sighted in Everglades National Park in the 1990s, they were not officially recognized as a reproducing...
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    airport would have destroyed the ecosystem in South Florida and Everglades National Park. After decades of destructive practices, both state and federal...
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  • formal opening of Everglades National Park, the book was a call to attention about the degrading quality of life in the Everglades and remains an influential...
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    counties, small parts of Hendry and Charlotte counties and the Everglades National Park in Mainland Monroe County. The area code was activated for service...
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    Flamingo, Monroe County, Florida (category Everglades National Park)
    Flamingo is the southernmost headquarters of Everglades National Park, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. Flamingo is one of the two end points...
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    documentary. Big Cypress borders the wet freshwater marl prairies of Everglades National Park to the south, and other state and federally protected cypress country...
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    Everglades Alligator Farm is a wildlife park in Miami-Dade County, Florida, nearby the city of Homestead and the entrance of Everglades National Park...
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    Before drainage, the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, were an interwoven mesh of marshes and prairies covering 4,000 square...
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    a coral reef. Florida has several unique ecosystems, including Everglades National Park, the largest tropical wilderness in the U.S. and among the largest...
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    The county includes portions of two national parks. To the west, the county extends into the Everglades National Park and is populated only by a Miccosukee...
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    Originally proposed for inclusion in Everglades National Park, Biscayne Bay was removed from the proposed park to ensure Everglades' establishment. The area remained...
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    campground, located just south of Fort Jefferson. Dry Tortugas National Park is part of the Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve, established by UNESCO...
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    city is at the eastern end of the only road running through the Everglades National Park, which terminates at Flamingo. Florida City is the southernmost...
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    encompasses Everglades National Park and Dry Tortugas National Park, including historic Fort Jefferson and the seven Dry Tortugas islands. Everglades National Park...
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  • species recorded in Everglades National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Florida. This list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS)...
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    are among those in an unusual cast. It was filmed on location in Everglades National Park in Technicolor. Set in the early 20th century, the film follows...
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    Shark Valley (category Everglades National Park)
    Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is currently part of Everglades National Park. Shark Valley empties into Shark River in the Ten Thousand Islands...
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    forests. Its range includes the Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglades National Park, Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, Picayune Strand State Forest...
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    of eminent domain, to the National Park Service for $300. South Florida shooting locations included Everglades National Park, Andytown, Coopertown, Frog...
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    in the digestive tract remains of 85 Burmese pythons found in Everglades National Park. Native bird populations are suffering a negative impact from the...
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    Florida Bay (category Everglades National Park)
    Florida Bay is included in Everglades National Park. The southern edge, along the Florida Keys, is in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The bay...
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    Marjory Stoneman Douglas (category Everglades National Park)
    suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. Moving to...
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    in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb...
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