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Parks and Historic Sites

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    JAVMA Probes Whether Burmese Pythons Are Mere Hype or Slithering Destructive Force

    ​Despite the string of national headlines, television specials, a federal ban, and grotesque photographs, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether Burmese pythons are permanently wrecking the Everglades or if they're just an overhyped nuisance. Earlier this year, scientists r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Expanding Snake Ban Could Cause Economic Woe, Feed Python Hype, Reptile Group Says

    ​Earlier this year, our cowboy-hat-wearing secretary of the interior, Ken Salazar, hosted a news conference in the Everglades to announce a federal ban on importing four species of snakes, including the much-loathed Burmese python. Now, a new proposal from Reps. Tom Rooney and Ted Deutch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Sierra Club Formally Opposes Southwest Ranches Detention Center

    ​Along with agitated residents and the entire city government of Pembroke Pines, here's another addition to the list of opponents to the planned immigration detention facility in Southwest Ranches: the local branch of the Sierra Club.The group released a formal resolution today opposing the constr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Hungry Hungry Pythons Decimate Mammal Populations in Everglades

    ​It's no secret that Burmese pythons have been wreaking havoc in the Everglades, but the extent of their destruction has been hard to grasp. A new study provides some of the first hard statistics on how these invasive reptiles are altering the food chain, and the numbers are downright scary.Betwee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Allen West Sends Letter to Michele Bachmann, Says Everglades Drilling "Absolutely Off Limits"

    Harriet Tubman​GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann is about to receive a letter from one of those "radical environmentalists" she so loathes -- Rep. Allen West.In a letter dated yesterday, West writes that he was "troubled" by the interview in which Bachmann said she'd be open to dril ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    Plein Air Painters

    Harriet Tubman​GOP presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann is about to receive a letter from one of those "radical environmentalists" she so loathes -- Rep. Allen West.In a letter dated yesterday, West writes that he was "troubled" by the interview in which Bachmann said she'd be open to dril ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Daybreak

    Oasis of the Seas at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.​

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Despite Recession, Everglades Club Still Importing Waiters From Abroad

    Flicker user: VeronicaCastillo.comThe Everglades Club is an institution on Worth Avenue.​The Great Recession and soaring unemployment rates haven't stopped Florida businesses from hiring cheap, temporary labor from abroad, federal visa records show.In Tampa, one company imported 40 electricians. I ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Today’s Plan: The Ocean, the Grill, and a Cooler

    Flicker user: VeronicaCastillo.comThe Everglades Club is an institution on Worth Avenue.​The Great Recession and soaring unemployment rates haven't stopped Florida businesses from hiring cheap, temporary labor from abroad, federal visa records show.In Tampa, one company imported 40 electricians. I ... More >>

  • Music

    November 19, 2009

    Drinkin' Beer at Ye Olde Falcon Pub, the Lodge Beer & Grill, and Brother Tuckers

    Flicker user: VeronicaCastillo.comThe Everglades Club is an institution on Worth Avenue.​The Great Recession and soaring unemployment rates haven't stopped Florida businesses from hiring cheap, temporary labor from abroad, federal visa records show.In Tampa, one company imported 40 electricians. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Name of Plane Crash Victim Released

    Edmundo Velasquez is the name of the 49-year-old man whose plane crashed Sunday in the Everglades of West Broward. A resident of Oviedo, Velasquez's plane was found partially submerged, roughly 200 feet north of I-75. Here's the news release from Broward Sheriff's Office.And here's a link to the 911 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Everglades Club Membership Haunts Limbaugh in Rams Deal

    flickr user: Bashorerepublican​The uproar over Rush Limbaugh's bungled bid to buy the St. Louis Rams wouldn't be complete without a mention of his membership in Palm Beach's oldest and most exclusive country club, the Everglades Club.Palm Beach's infamous bloviater was kicked out of a group trying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    In Carolina, Former Miramar Football Coach Finds More Money, Fewer Wins

    Two years ago, the athletic director of Everglades High in Miramar was desperate to hang on to the school's promising young coach, Mike Palmieri. A 2007 article in the Sun-Sentinel (sorry, I can't find a link to a web version) details how Everglades lost Palmieri -- who it paid about $3,000 -- becau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    UPDATED: Sunrise Mayor Roger Wishner Hides From The Pulp

    [Well, it's official: Roger Wishner is a man-whore. As predicted below, Roger Wishner and his do-boy Rosen voted tonight for the zoning change to allow Everglades Corporate Park to build a bigger development on the Everglades west of the Sawgrass. The stinking thing was passed 4-1, with on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2009

    Captain Planet Is Retired; Now It’s up to You

    [Well, it's official: Roger Wishner is a man-whore. As predicted below, Roger Wishner and his do-boy Rosen voted tonight for the zoning change to allow Everglades Corporate Park to build a bigger development on the Everglades west of the Sawgrass. The stinking thing was passed 4-1, with on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2009

    Did NFL Players Take Boat Too Far Offshore?

    NFL.comCorey SmithIn news stories about the four (now three) football players missing at sea, Coast Guard Capt. Tim Close has been quoted as saying that the boat they left shore in -- a 21-foot, single-engine, center-console boat made by Everglades Boats -- is "billed as 'unsinkable.' " True, the we ... More >>

  • News

    February 12, 2009

    Fool Me Thrice

    A South Florida company caught stealing twice surfaces under a new name and gets a lucrative government franchise.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Hollywood Mayor Bober: Fort Lauderdale, Give Us Our Sand!

    Beach erosion has been a problem in South Florida at least since the Army Corps of Engineers created the Intracoastal Waterway last century.  Under natural circumstances, winds and waves push sand down the coast, gently and perpetually southward.  But wherever there's a man-made jetty that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    ¿Que Pasa, M.I.A.? Jose Goes Camping

    To get an introduction to Jose El Rey (if you actually need one!) and to read previous installments of his weekly Crossfade column, Que Pasa, M.I.A?, click here.Against my better judgment and sense of comfort and convenience, I went camping. Into the woods. Into the night. With fire. And "beware of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Some (Polar Opposite) Ideas for New Year's

    You could be there for Lindsay's next embarrassment! So you've opened the presents and done all your dreaming about sugar plums, which is probably what the kids are calling some kind of messed up pill these days. Now your brain moves on to the next challenge: how to spend New Year's Eve.  Sou ... More >>

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    Glades Grab

    Developers gobble up a section of the River of Grass to build an outrage of a project

  • Calendar

    July 17, 2008

    Water: It Makes Stuff Grow

    Developers gobble up a section of the River of Grass to build an outrage of a project

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    River of Greed

    The plan includes playing footsie with a controversial land baron and paving over a piece of the Everglades

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    Bros and Cons

    A too-hip tree trimmer is the major contributor in a bizarre mayor's race

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Attack of the Killer Weed

    Can a hardy little moth stop the fern that wants to eat the Everglades?

  • Culture

    June 16, 2005

    In the Fold

    Origami at Morikami -- it's a natural

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    River of Sludge

    Sure, Hollywood's sewage plan is dirty. It pollutes the Everglades too.

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 13, 2004

    Best Place to Ride a Bicycle

    Everglades Holiday Park

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 13, 2004

    Best Place to Sleep Outdoors

    Scrub Jay Campsite

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2004

    Big Fish, Little Fish

    Scrub Jay Campsite

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2003

    Jinglemania All the Way

    Get Silly with Uncle Willy

  • News

    July 31, 2003

    Paradise Crushed

    A lush idyllic chunk of the Everglades was transformed by bulldozers and a huge tree-eating juggernaut

  • Calendar

    July 10, 2003

    Splish Splash

    A watery good time

  • Restaurants

    May 15, 2003

    Best Restaurant to Die in the Past Year

    Burt & Jack's

  • Calendar

    March 6, 2003

    Events for March 6-12, 2003

    Burt & Jack's

  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002

    Best Place to Walk Alone

    John U. Lloyd Beach State Park

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 16, 2002

    Best Kids' Thrill(s)

    Calypso Bay Waterpark

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2001

    Women in the Woods

    Get thee to the secret wood to venerate the goddess

  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Best Weekend Getaway

    De Land, Florida

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Boating

    Peanut Island

  • Music

    December 7, 2000

    Various artists

    Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (Sub Pop Records)

  • Best of BPB

    May 11, 2000

    Best Place To Take Out-Of-Towners

    Heliflight Helicopter Air Tours

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 11, 2000

    Best New Bike Path For Masochists

    Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 11, 2000

    Best Hike/Broward County

    Florida Scenic Trail, Section Two

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Nitpicking Flowers

    Just try writing a book about orchid thieves in South Florida and unwittingly including some errors. Then watch the critics bloom.

  • Sports and Recreation

    March 11, 1999

    Best Freshwater Fishing

    Everglades Holiday Park

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1998

    A Bird in the Band

    Everglades Holiday Park

  • News

    August 20, 1998

    Letters

    Everglades Holiday Park

  • Calendar

    August 13, 1998

    Trailblazers

    Everglades Holiday Park

  • Calendar

    May 21, 1998

    Night & Day

    May 21 - 27, 1998

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