Category: Florida Everglades

Everglades Ecologist Rises to DeSantis’ Python Challenge

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–The Everglades Foundation’s chief science officer is meeting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida Python Challenge by lending his expertise to help eradicate the invasive species and allow the Everglades to thrive. Burmese Pythons blend well with the marshy environment of the Everglades, he says, and the key is learning how to detect them. “Our wildlife…


DeSantis Expresses Disappointment Over Lack of Federal Funding for Florida Everglades

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), along with a delegation of state and federal lawmakers, assembled at the edge of the Florida Everglades on Jan. 31 to express their disappointment in the Biden administration’s failure to allocate funding to advance the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA). The governor said that while the state is “doing…