From the Bow Seat: Art, Advocacy and Ocean Conservation

Dante Fascell Visitor Center, Biscayne National Park 9700 SW 328th Street, Sir Lancelot Jones Way, Homestead, FL, United States

Come early and participate in a pre-show cleanup event! Find out more here https://www.southfloridaparks.org/event/paddle-clean/ A new exhibition of student art opens this month at Biscayne National Park with 30 winning entries from the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Program, an annual student art competition organized by a Boston-based non-profit organization. Two of the student winners this year...

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Sips & Stories

Lincoln's Beard Brewery 7360 SW 41st Sterrt, Miami, FL, United States

Filmmaking and Conservation Across South Florida’s National Parks and Cuba It’s the bug days of summer in south Florida, but don’t let that stop you from experiencing your national parks. Join us at Lincoln’s Beard Brewery for local brews and tales of exploration and conservation by filmmaker Richard Kern from Odyssey Earth.  Come along as...

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The Mangrove Coast

Dante Fascell Visitor Center, Biscayne National Park 9700 SW 328th Street, Sir Lancelot Jones Way, Homestead, FL, United States

Barry Fellman’s Mangrove Coast photographs reveal a hidden realm of South Florida’s Biscayne Bay coastline. New large format prints from Fellman’s twenty-year project explore the unexpected beauty, rhythms and patterns of South Florida’s mangrove habitat.  At first basic notions of scale and distance remain a mystery. As you approach the photographs their diverse elements clarify into familiar...

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Biscayne: National Public Lands Day Volunteer Clean-Up

Dante Fascell Visitor Center, Biscayne National Park 9700 SW 328th Street, Sir Lancelot Jones Way, Homestead, FL, United States

Volunteers wanted! Join Biscayne National Park for National Public Lands Day this Saturday, September 30, 2017 to assist with Hurricane Irma recovery efforts at Biscayne National Park. See link for complete details and registration information. All volunteers MUST be pre-registered. https://www.neefusa.org/site-event/national-public-lands-day-volunteer-clean  

Biscayne National Park 50th Anniversary Kickoff

New Photography Exhibit in Biscayne National Park Gallery Kicks Off 15-Month Golden Anniversary Celebration A new photography exhibit opens in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery on October 18, kicking off a 15- month long celebration of the park’s 50th anniversary in 2018. Celebration! Photography from the New Book “Biscayne National Park” features...

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National Park Ambassadors Program: Now Accepting Applications

The National Park Ambassadors Program The National Park Ambassadors Program is a six-month environmental leadership program for young professionals focused on South Florida’s four national parks. We are looking for individuals of diverse backgrounds in Greater Miami who enjoy the outdoors, who want to learn more about the Everglades and South Florida’s marine environment, and...

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Living History: Biscayne National Park’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

Biscayne National Park 9700 SW 328 Street Sir Lancelot Jones Way , Homestead, FL, United States

Pictured Above: President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with South Florida Congressman Dante Fascell on October 18, 1968 after signing the bill that created Biscayne National Monument, forerunner of Biscayne National Park . Pictured directly behind the president is Lloyd Miller, an early park champion and a founding member of the SFNPT. Biscayne National Park News Release...

Whole Foods 1% Day

Whole Foods Dadeland 7930 SW 104 Street , Miami, FL, United States

Join us on Sunday 01/14 to shop the brand new Whole Foods Dadeland! The SFNPT will be participating in the store's 1% Day Community Giving Program featuring Biscayne National Park. Whole Foods will donate 1% of store sales that day to support the park. Tell your friends and get your shopping lists ready! Hope to...

New Americans to Become Citizens in Outdoor Ceremonies at Biscayne National Park

Biscayne National Park 9700 SW 328 Street Sir Lancelot Jones Way , Homestead, FL, United States

Two hundred new Americans will take the oath of citizenship while overlooking Biscayne Bay during outdoor citizenship ceremonies in Biscayne National Park on Thursday January 18 and Friday January 19. Both ceremonies begin at 10 AM and are open to the public, free of charge. The outdoor ceremonies will introduce Miami's newest citizens to America's...

Biscayne National Park 9700 SW 328 Street Sir Lancelot Jones Way , Homestead, FL, United States

Biscayne National Park’s 50th anniversary celebration continues this month with an outdoor concert of sea shanties on Saturday February 17 at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center overlooking Biscayne Bay. Singer songwriter Tom Callinan performs “Sea Shanties by the Bay,” a concert of sea shanties and other nautical music highlighting Biscayne National Park and its maritime heritage...

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