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A hunter’s graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the Everglades
Read full article: A hunter’s graveyard shift: grabbing pythons in the EvergladesIn the dead of night, hunters go deep into the Florida Everglades, searching for the invasive Burmese pythons that are eating up mice, rabbits and other prey.
Man bitten by crocodile in Florida Everglades after capsizing sailboat, falling in water
Read full article: Man bitten by crocodile in Florida Everglades after capsizing sailboat, falling in waterOfficials say a 68-year-old man fell off a sailboat in the Florida Everglades and was bitten by a crocodile while trying to swim to shore.
Man meets heroes who saved his life in the Everglades
Read full article: Man meets heroes who saved his life in the EvergladesJacob Taylor was working in the Florida Everglades. The journeyman lineman was up over 100 feet when the crane he was on collapsed, and he fell into a marsh area. It took a big group of Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue heroes to rescue him on Jan. 22, near U.S. Highway 27.
3 airlifted after pickups crash on Tamiami Trail in Everglades
Read full article: 3 airlifted after pickups crash on Tamiami Trail in EvergladesMedics airlifted two victims to a local hospital after two pickup trucks crashed on the Tamiami Trail in far west Miami-Dade late Friday afternoon, according to fire officials.
‘Amazing feat’: Stranded for hours, pilot survives Everglades plane crash with minor injury
Read full article: ‘Amazing feat’: Stranded for hours, pilot survives Everglades plane crash with minor injuryA small plane crashed into the Florida Everglades in far southwestern Broward County Tuesday morning.
New Yorker lures man in search of affordable Florida rental into ride from hell, deputy reports
Read full article: New Yorker lures man in search of affordable Florida rental into ride from hell, deputy reportsIt was nighttime in a remote area in western Broward County. A man and a woman were stars gazing near a ramp for airboats when suddenly a 66-year-old man crawled out of the alligator and snake-infested water and told them that he wasn’t clear on how he had ended up there, court records show.
Honoring Don’t Trash Our Treasure’s 3 most treasured citizens
Read full article: Honoring Don’t Trash Our Treasure’s 3 most treasured citizensEarth Day marked two years since Local 10 News launched Don't Trash Our Treasure, and ever since it debuted, it continues to showcase South Floridians who are out there in the community, trying to make a difference with innovations and advocacy to restore balance to our natural world.
Local 10’s Eco Hero gets special tour of Florida Everglades
Read full article: Local 10’s Eco Hero gets special tour of Florida EvergladesRecently, our Local 10 Eco Hero team ventured into wild Florida, and that's where our Eco Hero winner, 13-year-old Sienna Robertson, met a unique South Florida man with a passion for the Florida Everglades.
Projects underway that will restore life to Biscayne Bay, Florida Everglades
Read full article: Projects underway that will restore life to Biscayne Bay, Florida EvergladesWednesday is World Water Day, a day that highlights the importance of fresh water and the sustainable management of fresh water resources.
Eastern Airlines Flight 401 victims honored with new monument in Miami Springs
Read full article: Eastern Airlines Flight 401 victims honored with new monument in Miami SpringsExactly fifty years ago, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 mysteriously slammed into the Florida Everglades at over 200 miles per hour.
Group of students, explorers, scientists experience Everglades expedition that took place over 100 years ago
Read full article: Group of students, explorers, scientists experience Everglades expedition that took place over 100 years agoWe're celebrating the 75th anniversary of Everglades National Park.
Local photographer snaps unique lightning picture on edge of Everglades
Read full article: Local photographer snaps unique lightning picture on edge of EvergladesPeople from all over the world are flocking to South Florida this weekend for Art Basel, but one local photographer made his own masterpiece on the edge of the Everglades.
Soviet-era Cuban biplane crashes with 2 survivors in Florida Everglades
Read full article: Soviet-era Cuban biplane crashes with 2 survivors in Florida EvergladesA Soviet-era Cuban biplane crashed on Monday in the Florida Everglades, about 15 miles west of the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport. There were two survivors.
Python hunt! 800 compete to remove Florida’s invasive snakes
Read full article: Python hunt! 800 compete to remove Florida’s invasive snakesMore than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that will bring in thousands of dollars in prize money.
Commissioners postpone vote on real estate proposal facing state, fed opposition
Read full article: Commissioners postpone vote on real estate proposal facing state, fed oppositionCommissioners postponed a controversial vote on Miami-Dade County’s Urban Development Boundary, a limit on construction projects near nature reserves.
Army Corps completes reservoir for Everglades restoration
Read full article: Army Corps completes reservoir for Everglades restorationThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed work on a $339 million Everglades restoration project aimed at cleansing water runoff before it flows into a troubled Florida river.
Western Broward residents share images of Everglades’ wildlife in their neighborhoods
Read full article: Western Broward residents share images of Everglades’ wildlife in their neighborhoodsRosa Sordo wants residents of western Broward County to beware of lurking predators and take additional measures to protect their children and pets.
2 men were flying to get tacos when small plane went down in Everglades
Read full article: 2 men were flying to get tacos when small plane went down in EvergladesJose Ecarri says he and his pilot friend were flying from Tamiami to Arcadia to grab some tacos on Tuesday when the engine of their small plane failed and they landed in a remote area of the Florida Everglades — miraculously unscathed.
Pitones de los Everglades de Florida podrían servir para producir vacunas, afirma investigador
Read full article: Pitones de los Everglades de Florida podrían servir para producir vacunas, afirma investigadorJanine Stanwood joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor. She is now a general assignment reporter. Before moving to South Florida from her Washington home, Janine was the senior legislative correspondent for a United States senator on Capitol Hill.
Pythons from Florida Everglades could help produce vaccines, researcher says
Read full article: Pythons from Florida Everglades could help produce vaccines, researcher saysEVERGLADES, Fla. – A python hunter and a researcher believe the help in the fight against COVID-19 is hiding in the Florida Everglades. Dustin Crum and Daryl Thompson, a researcher, and entrepreneur with Global Research and Discovery Group out of Winter Haven, said the invasive Burmese python contains squalene, a compound that’s commonly used in vaccines. That’s enough to make about 3,500 vaccinations.”“We have a lot of snakes in the Everglades,” Crum said. Currently, the compound is not on the Food and Drug Administration’s list of ingredients in the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. I also agree that pythons in the everglades are a major problem.
Florida python hunter left bloodied and bruised after snagging possible record-breaking snake
Read full article: Florida python hunter left bloodied and bruised after snagging possible record-breaking snakeConservationist and python hunter Mike Kimmel, also known as Python Cowboy to his Instagram followers, bagged an enormous female python measuring more than 17 feet long and weighing about 150 lbs. Kimmel, a contractor with the South Florida Water Management District, said he caught the snake in an Everglades spoil island in the Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area earlier in the week. According to Mike Kirkland, an invasive animal biologist, the South Florida Water Management Districts python elimination program has removed 2,970 pythons to date. FWCs record python is 18 feet. It was a big win for Florida conservation! he wrote on Instagram.
DeSantis announces land buy deal to save Everglades from oil drilling
Read full article: DeSantis announces land buy deal to save Everglades from oil drillingRon DeSantis said Wednesday the state has reached a deal to purchase 20,000 acres of land in the Florida Everglades that is currently slated for oil production. “We’ll permanently save the land from oil production,” DeSantis said during an announcement at Everglades Holiday Park. The land, which is part of the Everglades Protection Area in Broward County, is home to more than 60 endangered and threatened species, including the wood stork. DeSantis said the state has secured an option agreement with Kanter Real Estate LLC, which had obtained approval for exploratory oil wells in the Everglades, to move forward on the purchase in the next 75 days. The price tag for the land is $16.56 million, with an option price up to $18 million.
Photographer raises awareness about Everglades environment, importance of conserving it
Read full article: Photographer raises awareness about Everglades environment, importance of conserving itYou've probably seen photographer Clyde Butcher's dramatic photos of the Florida Everglades. He has been instrumental in raising awareness about that unique environment and is an unwavering advocate... Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.
Alligator Alley lanes temporarily close due to brush fire in Everglades
Read full article: Alligator Alley lanes temporarily close due to brush fire in EvergladesFFS EvergladesFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Officials briefly closed westbound lanes of Alligator Alley on Tuesday due to smoke from the wildfire burning in the Florida Everglades in western Broward County. The lanes were closed for nearly 25 minutes before a light rain fell in the area and cleared away most of the smoke. The Florida Forest Service said Tuesday the blaze had grown to 33,500 acres and is now 40 percent contained. The wildfire is located about 8 miles west of the city of Weston. Florida Forest Service officials confirmed lightning started the wildfire Sunday night just north of a busy stretch of Interstate 75 and a few miles west of Highway 27.
Officials give final notice to homeless sex offenders living in encampment
Read full article: Officials give final notice to homeless sex offenders living in encampmentThe encampment near the intersection of Northwest 71st Street and 32nd Avenue had some 300 registered sex offenders. "Miami-Dade County should be embarrassed because of what these people are living like," said Steve Grafton, owner of Grafton Furniture. Registered sex offenders, whose victims were younger than 16, are required to live away from schools and day cares. Workers from Miami-Dade's Homeless Trust arrived Sunday night with police to give the offenders their eighth and final warning. "We're not going to let another encampment like this grow -- it's just not productive," said Ron Book, with Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.