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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
Big Cypress National Preserve Seeking Public Comment on Evapotranspiration - ET - Research and Monitoring Network
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The National Park Service (NPS) has recently completed preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the construction and operation of an evapotranspiration (ET) research and monitoring network in Big Cypress National Preserve. We are seeking public comment on the document, which can be viewed at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), proposes to construct three 50-120 foot towers and two platforms in the Preserve to measure ET. The information obtained would be used for a variety of purposes, including regional and basin modeling efforts and the determination of water budgets. The network would be incorporated into SFWMD’s system of environmental and physical monitoring stations to satisfy mandates for Everglades restoration research, flood control, regulation, and planning. The stations would be located to represent five plant communities and would provide daily estimates of ET in each. The EA analyzes the effects of this alternative in addition to the no-action alternative. This EA will be on public review for 30 days. Our practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses, home phone numbers, and email addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their names and/or home addresses, etc., but if you wish us to consider withholding this information, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be released. We will always make submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. If you wish to comment on the document, please do so electronically utilizing the form provided on the website. Alternatively, you may submit comments addressed to the Superintendent, Big Cypress National Preserve, 33100 Tamiami Trail E., Ochopee, Florida 34141-1000. |
Did You Know?
The purple galinule though one of the most colorful birds in Big Cypress, is often well camouflaged. Look carefully along canal edges and gator holes for this beautiful bird. Many of the surrounding colors blend well with the birds feathers.