• 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 - 2012

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 2/2012 MEETING

ORVAC protocols (38.0 KB, .doc file)

Trail mileage as of 1/25/12 (118.0 KB, PDF file)

Stairsteps trail map (jpg) (264.1 KB, Image file)

Stairsteps trail map (kml) (210.2 KB, .kml file)

Block House camp background information (23.0 KB, .doc file)

Block House map (1.3 MB, PDF file)

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 5/2012 MEETING

Document Content: Draft minutes of 12/6/11 meeting (54.0 KB, .doc file)

Draft minutes of 2/16/12 meeting (50.5 KB, .doc file)

Request for recommendation on ORV management in Zone 3 (48.5 KB, .doc file)

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 8/2012 MEETING

Document Content: Draft minutes of 5/15/12 meeting (70.0 KB, .doc file)

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR 11/2012 MEETING

20120913 email to ORVAC regarding review of materials for 11/2012 meeting (26 KB, .pdf)

DRAFT suggestion on Stairsteps Unit from subcommittee to full committee (218.0 KB, .kml file)

Judge Steele's 07/10/12 Opinion & Order (314.0 KB, .pdf file)

08/30/12 DRAFT ORVAC Meeting Minutes & 7/21/12 Corndance/Stairsteps Subcommittee Report
(306 KB, .pdf file)

ORVAC Recomendations and NPS Responses

11/02/12 Email from John Adornato to full committee (68 KB, .PDF file)
- Attachment 1 (17 KB, .PDF file)
- Attachment 2 (73 KB, .PDF file)

Powerpoint presentation trail details in Turner River and Corn Dance Units (426 KB, .PDF file)

 

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Did You Know?

Alligator in the swamp.

Feeding alligators creates nuisance alligators. Every year alligators that have been fed by visitors begin to lose their fear of humans. If these animals become aggresive they are killed to ensure visitor safety. To avoid this tragic end for these unique animals DO NOT FEED THEM.