Everglades National Park is the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States. It preserves the southernmost 20% of the Everglades. It was the first park to preserve an ecosystem.

Everglades National Park is the third-largest national park ... Everglades warden found dead in his boat On July 8, 1905, 35-year-old Bradley was found dead, floating in his skiff.

There, on a wooden platform, and with 57-year-old environmental champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas at his side, he dedicated America’s newest national park. “Here are no lofty peaks seeking ... so the ...

“Here are no lofty peaks seeking the sky, no mighty glaciers or rushing streams,” Truman said at the park opening. “Here is land, tranquil in its quiet beauty, serving not as the source of water but ...