• Boardwalk Everglades National Park

    Everglades

    National Park Florida

Press Kit

Everglades National Park, established in 1947 to preserve the biological features of the subtropical Everglades of Florida, is the 3rd largest national park in the lower 48 states. It is also recognized as the most threatened, due primarily to hydrological developments that have disrupted water flow with serious ecological consequences.

The Park receives approximately a million visitors annually, depending on weather economic factors, and contributes $120 million annually to the local economy through tourism revenue. Approximately 25% of the Park's visitors are international travelers.

Between the restoration efforts underway or the huge number of visitors arriving to experience this most unique place, there is always something going on at Everglades National Park.

 

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The National Park Service maintains a newsroom with background and images on this park and broader issues of managing national parks. Click here to be forwarded to that website.
 
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Historic Photos
Access images from the past. Digital images covering a wide variety of subjects from the National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection, including Everglades National Park, are available online.

 

Please contact the Public Affairs Officer at 305-242-7714 or via email, for updates or additional details. Everglades National Park's Public Affairs Officer mailing address: 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034.

Did You Know?

Manatee and Baby Swimming

Mermaid sightings have been reported by sailors throughout history who often blamed the part-woman, part-fish beings for leading them astray. But folklore experts believe that what those sailors were seeing were not mermaids, but rather air-breathing manatees, or their dugong relatives.