Within a thicket of the Big Cypress National Preserve, established a half-century ago to protect the marshes and sloughs here that make up a vital part of the Florida Everglades, a series of wells ...

A first-of-its kind sale in the Everglades has preserved more than 11,000 wild acres while protecting it from oil drilling forever. The intricate $29.5 million deal brought together the Collier family ...

Governor Ron DeSantis came to Southwest Florida Tuesday to collect an endorsement from the Everglades Trust. “When a company wanted to drill for oil in the Everglades, Governor DeSantis said no, and ...

Miles below Big Cypress National Preserve, land of elegant cypress trees festooned with air plants, there is oil. Not a ton of it, but enough to spark a small domestic drilling industry that continues ...

A great blue heron snatches an invasive asian swamp eel from the wetland marsh in the Florida Everglades on Oct. 17th, 2025. Michelle Yi FIU Caplin School If you get out on the trail at Everglades ...

A company has launched an appeal after the Florida Department of Environmental Protection rejected a proposal to drill an exploratory oil well in Collier County. Trend Exploration, LLC, filed a notice ...

How old were you when you first learned about the importance of Florida's Everglades? One regional environmental organization fighting to restore the River of Grass hopes to increase the caliber and ...

President Bush announced two major deals yesterday to protect Florida's natural treasures from oil and gas drilling, pledging $235 million to buy out mineral rights in the cypress swamps of the ...