The Everglades ecosystem once stretched across a mosaic of wetlands and subtropical wilderness from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. Unfortunately, by the mid-1900s nearly half of the slow-moving ...

1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...

Everglades peat—which is composed almost ... "you end up with more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere," she said. As wetland ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: On your way to or from the Everglades, stop at Robert Is Here Fruit Stand to see exotic fruits you've never even heard of, and order a tropical milkshake or smoothie with ...