On May 12, 2017, TEVA (Tropical Everglades Visitor's Association) will host After Hours Campfire Fundraising Event at Robert Is Here Fruit Stand! This event will have a Campfire, S'mores Bar, LIVE MUSIC, Vendor Alley, Silent Auction, Helicopter Rides, Food Truck, and more! Stop by for a FAMILY FRIENDLY event to help support TEVA (Tropical Everglades...
Join the Biscayne National Park Institute for an evening event featuring a sunset boat cruise and presentations by four leading seahorse researchers. Discussion topics will include seahorse research in South Florida and Biscayne National Park, and ways the public can become involved in seahorse conservation efforts through the citizen science program, iSeahorse. Tickets are $45.00...
Volunteer with us! Join Biscayne National Park Rangers, Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, and South Florida National Parks Trust for a canoe cleanup of Mowry Canal. This event is inspired by the new art show at Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery (details below) highlighting the impact of plastic pollution on our ocean. Explore the shoreline and...
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...
Join an Everglades National Park ranger for a 15-mile morning bike ride to the Shark Valley observation tower and look for birds, turtles and alligators sunning themselves along your path. Bring your own bicycle or rent one from the concession for $18.00. Meet on the back side of the visitor center by the benches.
Join an Everglades National Park ranger for a car caravan trip to the L-67 Canal, approximately 5 miles to the east of Shark Valley Entrance. The bike tour will lead you down the canal berm on an unpaved, gravel road, where you can explore the wildlife along the canal and also the great views of...
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...
New Dates Added: Wednesday July 5, Thursday July 6 and Friday July 7. Call for Volunteers: Biscayne National Park is looking for a few good volunteers to help restore a spoil island in Biscayne Bay this summer by planting 1,000 native plants and trees - a project supported by the SFNPT. Read more about the...
"The Other Pink Bird" The SFNPT proudly supports Everglades National Park's BioCorps Program with annual grants to support interns to work alongside scientists in the park. This month former BioCorps intern Elizabeth Lago will be presenting at Nerd Nite Miami. She will be presenting her work with Everglades and Biscayne National Park on Roseate Spoonbills. Elizabeth's talk is...
Call for Volunteers: Biscayne National Park is looking for volunteers to help pull derelict and abandoned crab traps during the 10-day trap season closure in July. What: Volunteers will be searching for and removing "derelict" crab traps and trap debris from the waters of Biscayne Bay south of Black Point. Why: Lost and abandoned traps and trap debris cause significant damage...
