http://www.nps.gov/ever/This feed provides the latest news and web content from Everglades National Park.en-USCopyright 2007 National Park ServiceLarry PerezLarry PerezTue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:11 GMTMon, 11 Aug 2008 15:16:19 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/photosmultimedia/upload/everarrowhead.jpghttp://www.nps.gov/ever/http://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/flamingo-commercial-services-plan-approved.htmThe National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Flamingo Commercial Services Plan (CSP) project. Southeast Regional Director David Vela approved the FONSI based on the environmental assessment (EA) recommended by Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan B. Kimball. With the environmental assessment and associated compliance completed, the park can now focus on the rebuilding effort described in the plan. {763ae78c-185a-4bec-298a-abafc681452}Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:16:19 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/student-interns-at-everglades-national-park.htmSuperintendent Dan Kimball announced today that Everglades National Park received a student transportation interpreter, thanks to the National Park Foundation and through the generous support of Ford Motor Company, proud partner of America’s National Parks. Sean Collins from Lake Worth, Florida will spend the summer in the park working to help visitors learn about the Everglades.{14b1983b-4063-f381-d7fd-ddccdfa53a0e}Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:30:31 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/051508rfp.htmOn Friday, May 9, the National Park Service (NPS) released a prospectus for a concession contract that provides commercial visitor services at two locations in Everglades National Park.{1a1a27b7-d2be-beff-5ee7-a116858689c0}Fri, 16 May 2008 15:27:45 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/051508nogasflamingo.htmIf you’re headed down to Flamingo and Florida Bay, in Everglades National Park, this summer, don’t forget to fill up your gas tank before you head for Flamingo in either your car or boat. According to Superintendent Dan Kimball, the park has closed its gas fueling facilities at Flamingo due to a recent fuel spill. {f0aff031-2af1-8a52-e9d3-94b46f001bc8}Fri, 16 May 2008 15:27:13 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/051508roadclosures.htmIn the interest of safety, Everglades National Park is announcing the temporary closure of Richmond Drive (SW 168th Street) west of the park border.{dae31d3b-59cf-d85-22ed-adae3c57decf}Fri, 16 May 2008 15:26:37 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/051508mustangcorner.htmEverglades National Park personnel continue efforts today to control a large wildfire that originated south of the Chekika visitor area.{2b976bb6-1fe-eaa9-85ca-fb65194da538}Fri, 16 May 2008 15:23:10 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/may2008fire.htmA fire, most likely human-caused, in Everglades National Park will be fully suppressed according to park superintendent Dan Kimball, due to its proximity to two populations of a federally listed endangered species—the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow.{c78a3f2d-c315-91be-6719-1e98937813a3}Wed, 14 May 2008 20:18:44 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/drtoferryservice.htmThe National Park Service has released a prospectus for businesses interested in bidding to provide daily passenger ferry service to Dry Tortugas National Park from Key West, Florida.{822326bc-5ccb-5ce9-27fb-22f3983e3137}Tue, 06 May 2008 13:08:21 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/everglades-national-park-announces-private-donation-to-everglades-national-park-environmental-education-program.htmSuperintendent Dan Kimball will join representatives of Toyota North America Inc. at the Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park on Tuesday May 6, 2008 at 9 AM to announce a gift of $1 million and five vehicles from Toyota to support the park’s education programs over three years. {b7e721eb-8ceb-3763-6fda-844b5dab3b95}Mon, 05 May 2008 12:21:00 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/new-art-exhibit-at-everglades-national-park-coe-visitor-center.htmThe Coral Reef Elementary School’s Art Club, Miami, FL, presents the "Animals of the Everglades" exhibit of student art at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor’s Center, Everglades National Park Main Entrance, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida, from May 3rd through May 31st. {33b07769-90f0-3bff-4c70-8e7ce407602b}Mon, 05 May 2008 12:20:14 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/floridabaydvd.htmEverglades National Park has produced a free, 12-minute educational DVD for Florida Bay boaters. The video, produced with funding from the South Florida National Parks Trust provides boating rules and advice from fishing guides and park rangers who’ve navigated the tricky maze of shallow Bay waters for decades.{86cad36-35ad-66b2-6d6a-93e7eae6754a}Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:40:03 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/centennialchallengegrants.htmThe National Park Service (NPS) announced today that south Florida’s National Parks and Preserve will receive $6 million in additional funding for four projects in 2008! Half of this will support a significant restoration project in Everglades National Park and the rest will provide the parks and preserve the ability to increase environmental education, recruit and train volunteers to become citizen scientists, and to support resource protection and restoration efforts.{f9564df-f234-757a-6201-2c501d6fe9d5}Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:39:21 GMTSuperintendent Dan Kimball announced today that Carl Ross Key will re-open for day-use, from sunrise to sunset. In 2006, Carl Ross Key was re-designated a day-use only area with annual seasonal closures from October 15 to April 15.{a24259ed-c26b-efb0-2f9c-24b46a75021}Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:30 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/earth-day-electronic-field-trip-at-everglades.htmOn Tuesday, April 22nd, Everglades National Park will host a live broadcast of an electronic field trip to celebrate Earth Day and National Park Week. School children from around the country will have the opportunity to virtually visit the Everglades while learning about native plants, invasive species, and conservation. {87b48fc9-a589-b089-a53a-8e2048e29b5}Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:44:32 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/fcsppreferredalt.htmEverglades National Park Superintendent Dan B. Kimball is pleased to announce the release of the Preferred Alternative (Alternative D) for the Draft Flamingo Commercial Services Plan for a final 30-day review period.{c9fdaf54-8053-e6b2-c21b-24cb9178158e}Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:54:31 GMThttps://sercms.nps.gov/ever/parknews/april-5-junior-ranger-day-at-everglades-national-park.htmEverglades National Park is pleased to announce Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April, 5, 2008. Junior Ranger Day is a special event to highlight youth in parks and the Junior Ranger Program. The Junior Ranger program is a national program designed to involve kids and families while they visit National Park Service sites. Three of South Florida’s National Parks – Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve – have a joint Junior Ranger program.{a9513fbd-f363-6c88-c1e9-5d0fb9bbc1d8}Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:08:15 GMThttps://sercms.nps.gov/ever/parknews/a-new-exhibit-at-the-ernest-f-coe-visitor-center.htmThe public is invited to an artist’s reception will be held on April 4th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Coe visitor Center to commemorate the new art exhibit at Everglades National Park. Bill McCreary’s exhibit of inks colored with watercolors runs from April 1st, through April 30th, 2008 at the Coe Visitor’s Center, Main Entrance, Everglades National Park.{c577cf86-d324-322c-acf9-eb5b2c3c2ad6}Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:07:37 GMThttps://sercms.nps.gov/ever/parknews/update-maps-of-aip-preferred-alternative-available-on-park-website.htmInput on the preferred alternative will be accepted through April 28, 2008. Maps detailing the preferred alternative and those presented in January are available on the Everglades National Park website at www.nps.gov/ever. These can be accessed under the AIP quicklinks on the home page.{817ad8fd-5f0a-e6d-4a0a-c8e788d2c5fb}Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:04 GMThttps://sercms.nps.gov/ever/parknews/rangers-enforce-no-poaching-regulations-in-everglades-national-park.htmRamsey L. Kelley of Naples pled guilty recently to a single count of taking protected saltwater fish species in the southwest section of Everglades National Park. Kelly illegally harvested four goliath grouper and five undersize, out-of-season snook from the Gopher Creek area.{bd5779ff-4364-4919-b5ea-bdd4a9469c19}Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:42:44 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/march-8-and-9-everglades-national-park-to-celebrate-dade-heritage-days.htmDade Heritage days is a two month celebration of the architectural, environmental and cultural heritage of Miami-Dade County. Everglades National Park is an important part of this heritage and we are celebrating this event by highlighting the archeology and prehistory of the park at the following events.{675714e7-1949-6e51-67d7-ee59ebcd7cb8}Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:00:28 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/public-input-sought-on-plan-to-remove-area-of-indadequate-protection-designation.htmEverglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today the scheduling of a second public meeting to present and seek comments on the park's preferred alternative for resolution of the Chokoloskee Area of Inadequate Protection (AIP) within Everglades National Park waters surrounding Chokoloskee Island in Collier County.{a2f8d1cd-2bb7-9066-49c7-84e235acee90}Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:00:21 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/new-photo-exhibit-at-coe-visitor-center.htm new photo exhibit has opened at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center, Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida. The exhibit is entitled "On Nature’s Side" A Photography Exhibit of the Natural Wonders of the Everglades.{3f0d1b8-6a11-2bda-1abe-688a96fe1855}Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:58:47 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/usgs-maps-show-potential-non-native-python-habitat-along-3-us-coasts.htmBurmese pythons -- an invasive species in south Florida -- could find comfortable climatic conditions in roughly a third of the United States according to new "climate maps" developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). {b31637b8-6f66-47f6-5d10-e10da9b1e924}Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:58:01 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/park-seeks-public-comment-on-a-plan-to-address-the-manatee-area-of-inadequate-protection-in-the-gulf-coast-area-of-everglades-national-park.htmIn order to remove the "Area of Inadequate Protection" (AIP) designation from the Chokoloskee Bay area of Everglades National Park, the park is proposing to implement similar speed zones already established by FWC and Collier County. This will provide a seamless network of manatee protection and prevent any confusion of zones within different jurisdictional boundaries.{b7c4b86-1125-ebfd-a92e-d8b428ca7300}Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:32:18 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/everglades-national-park-celebrates-sixtieth-anniversary.htmToday Superintendent Dan Kimball announced a week long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Everglades National Park. On December 6, 1947, President Harry S. Truman traveled to Everglades City, Florida to dedicate Everglades National Park as the first national park set aside for its biologic uniqueness.{7a326ed2-158d-d585-5a40-59b2fa29e644}Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:30:31 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/park-seeks-public-comment-on-draft-flamingo-commercial-services-plan.htmEverglades National Park is pleased to announce the release of the Draft Flamingo Commercial Services Plan / Environmental Assessment (Draft Plan). Dan Kimball, Superintendent of Everglades National Park, said today "this plan incorporates hundreds of comments from public meetings, mail-in comments, and the park’s interactive planning website.{b9bf324a-9b28-eef0-a1ab-b171a17bdca6}Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:29:41 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/americas-best-idea-photo-exhibit.htmPhotographs of 58 of America’s National Parks will be on display from Friday, November 30, 2007 through Saturday, February 2, 2008 in a unique, 2 venue show at Biscayne and Everglades National Parks.{58f416d6-349a-280d-c628-fc59af7ebab}Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:28:59 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/new-photography-exhibit-at-everglades-national-park-coe-visitor-center.htmThe nature and wildlife photography of Aurelio Miranda-Sousa will be on view at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor’s Center at the main entrance, Everglades National Park, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida from October 28th through November 30th, 2007. {3afb7729-2c3b-4418-3357-6e6b150f43b5}Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:28:24 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/status-of-cape-sable-seaside-sparrow-2007-survey-report.htmSuperintendent Dan Kimball has announced the results of the Everglades National Park annual Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow survey. The 2007 overall population estimate for this endangered bird showed a small increase over 2006 numbers.{5dae252c-5380-d11c-9575-ad0da11f8b98}Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:27:18 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/drto/parknews/drto-accepting-applications-from-businesses-interested-in-providing-visitor-services.htmDry Tortugas National Park is accepting applications for commercial use authorizations from individuals and companies interested in providing authorized visitor services in the park. Commercial use authorizations are a type of permit issued by the National Park Service for business or commercial services that begin and end outside park boundaries. {7e1bf115-1587-c280-d394-9566e167abee}Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:45:32 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/south-florida-national-parks-adjust-special-use-permit-fees.htmSOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL PARKS ADJUST SPECIAL USE PERMIT FEES{55f6dfe5-e44d-ad12-1b43-113ae570a629}Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:38:32 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/everglades-national-park-centennial-proposals-eligible-for-matching-funds.htmEverglades National Park’s efforts to remove invasive exotic vegetation from park lands, restore critical crocodile and wading bird habitat on Cape Sable, and increase emphasis on educating underserved students in South Florida are 3 of 201 proposals National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne recently announced at a press conference in Yosemite National Park to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the NPS.{f604be4c-425e-a5d8-55e9-1765faa5d60a}Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:54:47 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/student-transportation-interpreter-spends-summer-at-everglades-national-park.htmA Miami college student is finishing her second internship in Everglades National Park. Her twelve week working adventure was possible thanks to the generous support of Ford Motor Company, a Proud Partner of America’s National Parks.{44ebedae-eb79-4bab-2307-6ef17b208a51}Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:53:53 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/internetfeatures.htmEverglades National Park is pleased to announce the launch of two new on-line offerings. "We have enhanced our internet capabilities and are expanding outreach to our visitors and the general public through two new features on our website", announced Superintendent Dan Kimball. Both a downloadable audio tour and a live newsfeed are now available to the public. {11ae96ab-d7bb-a979-251a-73214ab2e74b}Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:30:04 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/carlrosskeyopenfordayuse.htmWith completion of a successful spoonbill nesting season, Carl Ross Key has been reopened for day use, similar to last year. Boaters should use caution in approaching the Key since the historic channel into the Key has changed significantly as a result of the recent hurricanes.{794378c4-7d57-6269-87a1-e9568c9055c5}Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:31:16 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/evergladesnationalparkoffworldheritageindangerlist.htmSecretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne welcomed the unanimous decision made yesterday by the World Heritage Committee at a meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand, to remove Everglades National Park from the World Heritage in Danger List in recognition of the progress the United States has made in addressing key issues that led to the listing of the park in 1993. {894ce4c-8241-708d-8310-f9eec30cd880}Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:30:03 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/naplespublicmeetingforevergladesnationalparkplan.htmEverglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today that the park has scheduled an additional public meeting for the public to comment on the proposed General Management Plan Preliminary Alternatives. This meeting will be in Naples, July 11, 2007 at Edison College, Collier County Campus.{fb0e5abd-aa50-ec42-db6c-d33a1e63fbbf}Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:03:25 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/enp-gmp-public-comment-extended.htmSuperintendent Dan Kimball announced that the park has extended the public comment period on its recently distributed General Management Plan Preliminary Alternatives document from 45 to 75 days. The comment period will continue through July 31, 2007.{91e05fc7-abcf-11e7-3a2e-c3555501051}Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:08:58 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/park-seeks-public-comment-on-the-general-management-plan-draft-alternatives-for-everglades-national-park.htmAs part of the process of developing a General Management Plan, a Preliminary Alternatives newsletter has just been published. The document is available for review and comment, and public workshops have been scheduled for the first two weeks of June.{e003bd7-12c-b921-5687-8bbd68f12fea}Tue, 29 May 2007 15:16:47 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/vandalism-causes-chickee-closure.htmSuperintendent Dan Kimball announced today that Everglades National Park has been forced to temporarily closing two popular camping sites along the Wilderness Waterway, in the gulf coast section of the park, due to vandalism.{bf05316-343e-3f7f-d90e-6d4bf0bd9af1}Tue, 29 May 2007 15:14:33 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/everglades-national-park-to-allow-summer-generator-use-at-flamingo-campgrounds.htmSuperintendent Dan Kimball announced today that Everglades National Park will implement an interim program to allow generator use at selected camping sites in the Flamingo district of the park. Starting Saturday, May 26, 2007 until Monday, October 1, 2007, Everglades National Park will allow RV's to run generators uninterrupted in portions of "C" loop in the Flamingo campground area of the park.{ac829274-25c6-f144-a712-48f19a328262}Tue, 29 May 2007 15:12:46 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/everclimatechangetestimony.htmApril 26, 2007 statement of Dan Kimball, Superintendent, Everglades National Park, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, before the Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies of the House Appropriations Commitee concerning climate change and lands administered by the Department of the Interior. {607a49b9-bbce-b8d0-98c4-bcb0a5f07b}Thu, 10 May 2007 16:20:13 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/2007summerhours.htmEverglades National Park visitor services have changed to summer operations.{cd35e2fa-8a74-538f-de7a-2724a936d4d}Wed, 09 May 2007 13:03:23 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parkmgmt/upload/S.%20Miami-Dade%20Watershed%20Plan.pdfA letter from Mark Lewis, Superintendent of Biscayne National Park and Dan Kimball, Superintendent of Everglades National Park, to Bruno A. Barrieiro, Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Commission on the future of the South Miami-Dade Watershed Plan.{3226456b-f678-b5f9-e2dc-535e58674f50}Tue, 08 May 2007 16:21:02 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/evermay2007artistinresidence.htmA photo exhibit by Katy Dimos and Eric Raits, of Homestead, Florida, titled “Stalking the Wild Photograph,” will be on view at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor’s Center at the main entrance, Everglades National Park, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida from May 1st through May 31st, 2007.{4586c643-54f6-e232-feb5-d73623184f26}Tue, 08 May 2007 14:34:53 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/juniorrangerday.htmEverglades National Park is pleased to announce Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April, 28, 2007. Junior Ranger Day, which falls at the end of National Park Week, is meant to highlight youth in parks and the Junior Ranger Program.{f8e8880-b0e7-5069-d040-56e0ea377ab}Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:57:23 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/publicmeetingonparkfeeincrease.htmEverglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today that the National Park Service is requesting comments on proposed entrance fee increases for both Parks.{a79a72ca-9450-896c-fae5-b02d90e27b66}Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:56:04 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/brianwaidmann.htmInterior Department Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann will host a listening session in Miami, Florida on Thursday, March 22, 2007 to seek suggestions and ideas on President Bush’s $3 billion National Park Centennial Initiative to reinvigorate and strengthen national parks over the next decade{394d75c9-d832-2713-2b45-78de4e478697}Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:21:15 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/frankkeyopens.htmHomestead Florida. Everglades National Park Superintendent, Dan Kimball, announced today the reopening of Frank Key Channel in Florida Bay to the public. The closure buoys have been replaced with no wake signs.{6bc5bf20-6335-9bc1-8607-91ce76bf2263}Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:09:22 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/miaminpslisteningsession.htmNational Park Service Centennial Initiative holds Miami Listening Session for public input {28c4e454-2a02-2e89-303-aebc7e69cb45}Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:12:49 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/greenwaycentennial.htmMajor Anniversaries, Biscayne-Everglades Greenway Are Focus of Public Events March 22 and 24 at Miami-Dade College’s Homestead Campus{7f1b652c-a5fd-3b7a-16ea-ada981457fc}Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:49:52 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/trilingualjuniorparkrangerprogram.htmEverglades and Biscayne National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve are pleased to announce the release of a trilingual Junior Ranger program for young visitors.{394fea80-6c32-7ff9-c6dd-6940130e11c}Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:22:45 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/artintheparkmarch2007.htmSee South Florida's Everglades landscapes with the opening of Luis Nuñez, "Everglades, the Real South Florida" oil painting exhibition March 1 through March 31, 2007 at the Coe Visitor Center, Everglades National Park.{a7757e08-8d95-9e41-e8c4-832f3b00a256}Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:13:50 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/parkfeeincrease.htmEverglades and Dry Tortugas National Parks Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today that the National Park Service is requesting comments on proposed entrance fee increases for both parks.{887f42fc-4d52-41a1-b129-50ae185e823b}Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:16:38 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/chokoloskeebay.htmEverglades National Park has recently run two special operations to enforce manatee speed zones in the Everglades.{6d2a4520-61b3-40f2-743a-6146a87611dd}Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:15:06 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/artinthepark.htmEverglades National Park has a number of events going on at its COE Visitor Center just before the main park entrance in Homestead on Saturday February 24, 2007.{b1e7e750-15e7-fd0a-71c6-1fbe543ad58b}Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:13:37 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/evergladesassocgrant.htmThe Everglades Association has received $115,000 from an anonymous charitable Foundation to support the 2006-2007 schedule of environmental education activities to be conducted at Everglades National Park.{d20b6626-70a1-66b8-5f6d-7e8261acff9a}Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:12:18 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/ecopondopen.htmSuperintendent Dan Kimball announced this week that the Eco Pond area at Flamingo will reopen.{4a34f05-99e1-4b56-b3ae-2891888d003}Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:11:18 GMThttp://www.nps.gov/ever/parknews/chekikaopens.htmEverglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball is pleased to announce that after seven years the park will reopen the Chekika day use area.{e95f3d-918d-89f9-f475-5f6731747f5e}Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:09:58 GMT