Cover Photo: This is Big Cypress National Preserve but without a single cypress discernably in sight. Just miles of wide open wet prairie. Big Cypress National Preserve is just an extention of Marjory Stoneman Douglas's "River of Grass." Take in a view like this and it seems boundless. Add to it Everglades National Park, two national wildlife refuges, several state parks and a collection of state-owned wildlife management areas and it almost is. It is a beautiful place without question, and vital to our future. Let's continue our tour:
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A Diversity of Ecosystems 
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Into the Hinterlands 
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A Roadside Respite of a Bygone Era 
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Pure, Unadulterated Wilderness 
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Rising Tides: An Existential Threat 