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	Everglades National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Everglades National Park is surrounded by the urban and agricultural areas of Miami, Homestead, and Florida City to its east, the Florida Straits and Florida Keys to its south, the Gulf of Mexico to its west and Big Cypress National Preserve to its north.
		Everglades National Park preserves the southern portion of the Everglades (all south of Tamiami Trail), but represents only 20 % of the original wetland area.
		The area was authorized as a national park on May 30, 1934, but it was not fully established until December 6, 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Everglades_National_Park (1206 words)

	Everglades National Park
		Everglades National Park is one of the largest and most well-known of America's national parks.
		The Everglades is located on the extreme southern section of the Florida peninsula, about 20 miles east of Biscayne National Park.
		In 1929, the Florida legislature created the Tropical Everglades National Park Association under the leadership of landscape architect Ernest Coe to investigate the possibility of establishment of a national park.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/Everglades/Everglades.html (3289 words)

	Florida Outdoors Recreation Information for Florida Visitors and Tourists
		Everglades National Park is the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the continental United States and has extensive fresh and saltwater areas, open Everglades prairies, and mangrove forests.
		Everglades National Park is the third largest park in the United States, outside Alaska.
		Everglades National Park sponsors on-site curriculum-based education programs for local 4th, 5th, and 6th graders.
	www.florida-outdoors.com /enpgen.htm (1616 words)

	Flordia - The Everglades National Park
		Yellowstone Park alone exceeds in size the 2,500 square miles of the Everglades which is being taken over by the Federal government to be maintained in perpetuity in as nearly as possible its natural wild state.
		With the development of the Everglades National Park anthropologists are beginning to make closer and more scientific studies of the Seminoles, in the hope of adding to the sum of knowledge of the aboriginal inhabitants of this country.
		The road cuts through the northern edge of the Everglades National Park, largest but one of all the National Parks of the United States.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles05/florida-ch9-1.shtml (1741 words)

	Everglades National Park
		The diverse life of Everglades National Park, from algae to alligators, depends upon a rhythm of abundance and drought.
		The park is at the southern tip of the Everglades, a hundred-mile-long subtropical wilderness of saw-grass prairie, junglelike hammock, and mangrove swamp, running from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay.
		Unlike early parks established to protect scenery, Everglades was created to preserve a portion of this vast ecosystem as a wildlife habitat.
	www.national-parks.biz /national_park/everglades (417 words)

	Everglades National Park Information Page
		Everglades National Park is a subtle place where earth, water, and sky blend in a low green landscape; where mere inches of elevation produce distinct changes in vegetation; and where a great wealth of birds and other wildlife find refuge.
		Everglades was the first national park preserved primarily for its abundance and variety of life, rather than for scenic or historic values.
		Everglades National Park contains two distinct sloughs: Shark River Slough, the "river of grass;" and Taylor Slough, a narrow, eastern branch of the "river." There are no surface connections between the two.
	www.everglades.national-park.com /info.htm (6737 words)

	FLORIDA KEYS INTERNET GUIDE - EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
		Everglades National Park is home to more than 400 species of birds, 25 species of mammals, 60 species of amphibians/reptiles and 125 species of fish.
		The park was established in 1947 to preserve the primitive conditions of this sub-tropical wilderness, and it is the largest U.S. park east of the Rocky Mountains.
		The park consists of 137 miles of coastline and 484,200 acres in Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.thefloridakeys.com /parks/everglades.htm (371 words)

	Flamingo Lodge at Everglades National Park, by Xanterra Parks & Resorts®
		Everglades National Park is one of the country's largest parks and a treasure of biological diversity.
		Flamingo Marina, operated by Xanterra Parks and Resorts in Everglades National Park is almost complete with the reconstruction of day use services at the Marina resulting from last season's hurricane damage.
		Welcome to Flamingo Marina at Everglades National Park
	www.flamingolodge.com (469 words)

	Everglades National Park - FL
		Everglades National Park is a fee-supported park, which means you have a $10.00 entrance fee as well as a $3.00 per kayak fee and a $10.00 camping permit fee.
		Everglades National Park has a rich history; Charlton Tebeau has a wonderful book title Man in the Everglades, published by the University of Miami Press ISBN 0-87024-073-0.
		Under the protection of the National Park Service the islands serve as bird rookeries for Pelican, Egret, Ivis, Roseate Spoonbill and dozens of other species of birds.
	www.paddling.net /places/showReport.html?31 (1312 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Everglades National Park
		The national park protects only one-fifth of the historic Everglades.
		The park is managed to protect this endangered resource while providing public access to a national treasure.
		The Everglades is known as the "River of Grass".
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/8955gd.htm (252 words)

	Pictures of Everglades National Park - US National Parks photos - stock photography and fine art prints
		Everglades national park, located at the southern tip of Florida, was the first national park created specifically to protect not scenery, but one of the most unique and endangered ecosystem, the world largest marshland.
		Pictures of Everglades National Park - US National Parks photos - stock photography and fine art prints
		The rock bed beneath the Everglades, only 6000 to 8000 year old, is one of the youngest on the continent, surfacing only since the Ice Age, and nowhere higher than 8 feet.
	www.terragalleria.com /parks/np.everglades.html (427 words)

	Everglades Named to List of Endangered National Parks
		Everglades National Park, established in 1934, is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the contiguous United States, offering sanctuary for threatened and endangered species and providing the largest foraging habitat and breeding ground for wading bird populations in the Southeast.
		It is the government's responsibility "to be good stewards of the Everglades, to restore what has been damaged and to reduce the risk of harm.We must build and plan with respect for nature's prior claims," said President Bush while visiting Everglades National Park.
		Although Everglades restoration programs received high-profile funding last year, those funds cannot be used for park rangers, education programs, or facilities, so the park itself still suffers from chronic underfunding.
	www.npca.org /media_center/everglades.asp (681 words)

	Everglades National Park - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Everglades National Park is one of the many attractions the Greater Miami area has to offer.
		Everglades National Park is located in the southern tip of Florida, just west of the city of Miami,...
		Everglades National Park : Stroll through Ancient Glades
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/everglades-national-park (326 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Everglades National Park
		CULTURAL HERITAGE Everglades National Park is rich in both prehistoric and historic heritage.
		The park is a vital recharge area for the Biscayne aquifer, a major source of fresh water for the city of Miami and south-east Florida.
		The area of the park was to be increased by the Everglades Extension Act from 566,788ha by 44,112ha size and restoration of the natural water regimen was begun.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/everglad.html (3220 words)

	America's Ten Most Endangered National Parks: Everglades National Park
		live side by side, Everglades National Park protects much of what remains of the famed "River of Grass," one of the world's largest freshwater marshes.
		The Everglades Restoration Plan is designed to address some of these problems, but it continues to falter- problems range from project delays to weak rules (known as "programmatic regulations") that lack enforceable standards of quality and a leadership role for the park.
		Steps must be taken in the restoration plan and the park's general management plan to stem the decline of fisheries.
	www.npca.org /across_the_nation/ten_most_endangered/everglades.asp (418 words)

	National Park Service's World Heritage Sites: Everglades National Park
		Half of the original Everglades has been drained and all water, including deliveries to the national park, is harnessed through canals and floodgates.
		National Park Service's World Heritage Sites: Everglades National Park
		The Everglades, or Grassy Waters as the Seminole Indians call it, is a fragile ecosystem that demonstrates the delicate balance within nature and the threats from humankind.
	www.cr.nps.gov /worldheritage/ever.htm (260 words)

	Everglades National Park Travel Guide Fodor's Online
		Created in 1947, Everglades National Park was meant to preserve the slow-moving "River of Grass," a freshwater river 50 miles wide but only 6 inches deep, flowing from Lake Okeechobee through marshy grassland into Florida Bay.
		Thirty-five miles outside Miami, Everglades National Park is home to pristine salt marshes and myriad species of wildlife: pelicans, sea turtles, manatees, and bald eagles.
		Neighboring Big Cypress National Preserve is a watery wilderness that protects the Everglades watershed.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=everglades@217 (358 words)

	Car Rental Orlando and Everglades National Park
		The Everglades National Park is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in America, providing visitors with an inside look at exciting exotic and endangered animal species.
		The Everglades National Park is teeming with life and adventure, providing visitors with a plethora of exciting outdoor activities.
		The Everglades National Park is located along Florida’s southern tip, providing visitors with plenty of agreeable weather and tons of pesky mosquitoes!
	www.eagle-rent-a-car.com /everglades-national-park.php (650 words)

	Everglades National Park by Martin Jägersand
		Everglades NP covers a large part of Florida bay.
		The park rangers have marked some of these.
		It is a vast area of sea and wetland wilderness, inviting exploration by canoe or boat.
	www.cs.rochester.edu /u/jag/adventures/EvergladesNP.html (579 words)

	Everglades National Park
		Everglades National Park is actually one huge river moving so gradually you can hardly see movement at all.
		When you visit the Park, you’ll see that there’s so much more: a strange exotic feeling you get slowly moving through the flat river trails, catching glimpses of quiet native animals who manage to survive in the heat, the humidity, the watery knots of trails that make up Everglades Park.
		The Park protects 1.5 million acres, which represents only about one-fifth of the total Everglades wilderness, with the rest succumbing to development, agriculture, and general misuse, sadly.
	www.everglades-national-park.us (355 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		Everglades National Park is the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the continental United States, and has extensive fresh and saltwater areas, open Everglades prairies, and mangrove forests.
		The best way to visit the park is to take time to walk the boardwalks and trails along the main park road and to join in ranger-led events, including talks, hikes, canoe trips, tram tours, and campfire programs.
		Its abundant wildlife includes many rare and colorful species of birds, and this is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /finder?id=npca&national_park=18 (169 words)

	Florida Everglades National Park GORP
		The landscape of Everglades National Park is utterly unique among American vistas.
		In wintertime, when the temperatures and swarms of mosquitoes abate somewhat, the park draws large numbers of kayak and canoe campers, along with birders, hikers, anglers, and plenty of car-bound curiosity-seekers with alligators on the brain.
		Indeed, most of the park's 1.5 million acres are either fresh or brackish water wetlands, or are submerged beneath the shallow estuarine waters of Florida Bay.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/fl_everg.htm (402 words)

	World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List
		The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and the Fiordland National Park, which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand.
		Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986)
		Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park (1999)
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=76 (2611 words)

	Bird Checklists of the United States
		Everglades National Park was established in 1947 to protect the rich resources of South Florida's subtropical wilderness wetlands, particularly the diverse and abundant birdlife.
		As noted in the list, many birds are known in Everglades National Park from only a few records.
		Birds have always been one of the park's principal attractions and bird-watching one of the principal activities for park visitors.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r4/everglad.htm (1131 words)

	Everglades National Park -- Welcome
		Click here for up-to-date information on Everglades National Park
		The National Park Service (NPS) is responsible for the management and protection of these extraordinary resources and for the well-being of park visitors.
		Amfac Parks and Resorts company operates in the Everglades under a contract with the NPS to provide a variety of visitor services.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/ev (332 words)

	Everglades Florida
		The Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands is a rare and beautiful place.
		But I also feel that it is a resource important not only for its natural heritage and spiritually enriching powers, but for its commercial and recreational values as well.
	www.florida-everglades.com (102 words)

	Everglades National Park
		As a national park close to a large metropolitan area (Miami), the Everglades struggles to survive against strong threats.
		Everglades National Park's 50th Anniversary Celebration - Created Dec. 6, 1947.
		Governor's Commission for the Everglades - A forum for improving decision-making and public participation in Everglades Restoration and South Florida economic and community sustainability.
	www.pennekamp.com /everglad.htm (384 words)

	Everglades
		After great fires in 1939 (abetted by overdrainage), the first thorough studies of the Everglades concluded that most of the southern part was unfit for cultivation.
		Avian communities in bayheads, willowheads and sawgrass marshes of the central everglades.
		Everglades, marshy, low-lying subtropical savanna area, c.4,000 sq mi (10,000 sq km), S Fla., extending from Lake Okeechobee S to Florida Bay.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0817975.html (466 words)

	Everglades National Park -- At a Glance
		verglades National Park is made up of vast saw-grass prairies, deep mangrove swamps, subtropical jungle, and the warm waters of Florida Bay.
		Located on the southern tip of the Florida peninsula, the 1.5-million-acre park encompasses only about one-seventh of the area that comprises the entire Everglades.
		The Everglades are an area unique in all the world, where a rare community of plants and animals exists.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/ev/aag/glance.html (178 words)

	Everglades National Park Visitors Guide
		Overall, the Everglades National Park is great for anyone looking for an adventure low in cost but high in excitement.
		For the outdoors lover, the Everglades National Park is an ideal place to be.
		If you're not quite Davy Crockett, there are a number of visitor centers throughout the Everglades National Park with great exhibits as well as all of the "modern conveniences." The other great thing about the everglades is the price.
	www.gmcvb.com /everglades_national_park.asp (260 words)

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