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Removing Exotic Plants in the Lake Wales Ridge
Battling exotic and invasive plants on 14,000 acres at Lake Kissimmee and Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek state parks in Central Florida requires constant attention. The Lake Wales Ridge and surrounding areas provide vital habitat for endemic species such as the scrub blazing star and pygmy fringe-tree.
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Sherman's Fox Squirrel
Just as the landscape is recovering from Hurricane Michael, so is the wildlife. At Three Rivers State Park, you can see the fox squirrel bouncing around the landscape once again.
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Restoring the Sweetwater Creek Tract
Restoring 7,000 acres from industrial timberland back to an ecosystem of longleaf pine and wiregrass has been an 18-year project at Torreya State Park. The restoration work is not yet complete.
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Finding Butterflies in North Central Florida
In Florida, experts have verified 170 native butterfly species with an additional 30 considered to be either non-native or vagrant strays. Learn where to see them in north Florida from Biologist Rick Owen.
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Prescribed Fire at Florida State Parks
As one of the most important agents for natural change, fire plays a vital role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.
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Saving the Savannas Mint
Saving the endangered Savannas mint has been a challenge at Savannas Preserve State Park. A partnership with the Bok Tower Gardens’ Rare Plant Conservation Program has made all the difference in saving this plant that blooms with beautiful purple flowers in the fall. Biologist Douglas Rogers tells the story.
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Telling the Story of Springs
In 2022, 70 Florida State Parks staff joined Department of Environmental Protection water quality experts to find new ways to tell the story of Florida's springs.
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Protecting Seagrass Flats in the Florida Keys
Healthy seagrass communities are the most productive ecosystems the world. Biologist Becky Collins tells the story of how mooring buoys and channel markers help boaters protect the seagrass communities.
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Gopher Tortoise
Whether you are exploring the park by foot or bike, you have a very good chance to run across one of our favorite park inhabitants, the gopher tortoise.
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Endemic and Endangered Woodrat
A unique resident of North Key Largo is endemic, meaning that it is found in the wild only here and nowhere else in the world. A large portion of this area where the endangered Key Largo woodrat lives includes Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park.
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Spotlight: Getting to Know Maulik Patel
In this installment of the Biologist Tells the Story series, you'll meet Maulik Patel, environmental specialist at Collier-Seminole State Park. His efforts managing the natural resources at the park include using prescribed fire, controlling invasive plants and animals, and controlling the flow of water through the park.
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Restoring Long Key State Park Following Hurricane Irma
After the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma in 2017, state parks in the Florida Keys started on the road to recovery. The team pulled together at Long Key State Park to assess the damage and develop a plan to help habitat recovery. In this edition of The Biologist Tells the Story, Biologist Janice Duquesnel tells the story of replanting the park.
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Florida State Parks Annual Pass
Annual entrance passes can be purchased at all park ranger stations and museums. If you require immediate use of your pass, this is the best option. Passes can be purchased during regular business hours 365 days a year.
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Hooded Pitcher Plant and Fire on the Prairie
Park staff applied prescribed fire to 15 acres of wet flatwoods to expand a small population of rare hooded pitcher plants, a carnivorous plant native to Florida.
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Anastasia Island Beach Mouse
Who can you find scurrying among the sacred vegetation of the park’s coastal dunes? Why the endangered Anastasia Island Beach Mouse! Marked with a light buff colored back, pure white underparts, and indistinct white markings on their face, this adorable creature has become this park’s unofficial mascot.
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Geology of Devil's Millhopper
Although sinkholes are common in Florida, Devil’s Millhopper is unique because it is one of the few places in Florida where more than 100 feet of geologic rock layers are exposed. The park is also unique because it is an important and beautiful example of how ecosystems develop in response to geological features.
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