• The Florida panther's watchful gaze- Courtesy- Ralph Arwood

    Big Cypress

    National Preserve Florida

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  • Annual 60-Day ORV Closure for Wheeled Vehicles

    Beginning at 12:01 am Monday, June 3, the annual 60-day recreational ORV closure for all units of the Preserve that allow for wheeled ORV access will begin. The closure will be lifted on Friday, August 2. More »

  • Campground Closures

    Beginning Monday, May 13 through Friday, August 16 camping will be available at the Midway Campground and the “loop” in the Bear Island Campground within Big Cypress National Preserve. All other established campgrounds will be closed. More »

  • Interstate 75 Mile Marker 63 Closure

    Beginning summer of 2013 the rest area and backcountry access at mile marker 63 will be closed due to construction. More »

Meeting Reference Materials- 2010

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 2/2010 MEETING

Draft minutes of 12/1/09 meeting (117.5 KB, .doc file)

ORV permit sales data, 2002-2009 (71.0 KB, .xls file)


REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 4/2010 MEETING

Draft minutes of 2/2/10 meeting (119.0 KB, .doc file)

Letter to FDOT, 4/9/10 (51.0 KB, .doc file)

Education and Public Use Subcommittee Recommendations to Draft Sign Plan (5.1 MB, .doc file)


REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 6/2010 MEETING

Agenda for 6/22/10 meeting (70.0 KB, .doc file)

Draft minutes of 4/20/10 meeting (7.0 MB, .doc file)

ORV permit sales data, 2002-2010 (128.5 KB, .xls file)

Managing trail pulloffs--discussion topics (67.0 KB, .doc file)

Turner River Unit trails - Map 1 (167.4 KB, PDF file)

Turner River Unit trails - Map 2 (366.2 KB, Image file)

Turner River Unit trails - Map 3 (259.1 KB, Image file)

Turner River Unit trails - Map 4 (210.9 KB, Image file)


REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 8/2010 MEETING

Agenda for 8/17/10 meeting (65.5 KB, .doc file)

Draft minutes of 6/22/10 meeting (67.5 KB, .doc file)

ORV research needs status (107.4 KB, PDF file)

Prioritized list of ORV research needs (165.7 KB, PDF file)


REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 10/2010 MEETING

Document Content: Agenda for 10/26/10 meeting (65.5 KB, .doc file)

ORV research needs status (107.4 KB, PDF file)

Prioritized list of ORV research needs (165.7 KB, PDF file)

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Did You Know?

Bear in a tree.

Many do not expect to see bears in Florida. Actually, we have a healthy population within the state. Big Cypress is one of their ideal habitats in southwest Florida. If camping in the area, be sure to keep your camp "bear proof."