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Featured Articles

Articles we think you’ll find of special interest for planning your explorations of Florida’s outdoors.

Paddling the Thousand Islands

Thousand Islands Cocoa Beach

July 17, 2019    John Keatley

One of the hidden natural treasures of Cocoa Beach, the Thousand Islands provide a fun paddle through a maze of mangroves on a marked trail through a conservation area.

Paynes Prairie: A North Florida Gem

Paynes Prairie blooms

July 31, 2019    Sandra Friend

A natural landform between Gainesville and Micanopy, Paynes Prairie is an immense and ever-changing basin

Permits and Passes

FT Eglin (Bob Coveney)

November 28, 2011    Sandra Friend

Details on how to obtain passes and permits for Florida’s public lands, including Florida State Parks, State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas, National Federal Lands, and Eglin Air Force Base.

Pinecrest Gardens

Pinecrest Gardens

Pinecrest      ( 25.668634,-80.284643 )      

Established in the 1930s as a tropical tourist attraction, Parrot Jungle, this tropical forest in Pinecrest has deep roots, if you will, showcasing both native and exotic tropical species.

Snakes on a Trail

Diamondback rattlesnake on pavement

September 25, 2020    John Keatley

One week, three venomous snakes, and many harmless ones: all encountered on our early morning bike rides along paved trails on cool mornings.

Sunflowers on the St. Johns

Swamp sunflowers

October 5, 2021    Sandra Friend

For more than a decade, I’ve been chasing sunflower blooms in Florida wetlands in October. In 2021, it’s a banner year for these showy beauties in Central Florida.

Ten Thousand Islands

Ten Thousand Islands mangrove atoll

Everglades National Park  |  Everglades City
( 25.845687, -81.386728 )      

Where the waters of Big Cypress and the Everglades meet the Gulf Coast, the Ten Thousand Islands are a maze of mangrove forest: the second largest mangrove forest in the world, bested only by Bangladesh

The Future of Florida’s Key Deer

Key Deer

August 21, 2019    Sandra Friend

A public meeting by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on August 22, 2019 is the first step in informing the public of the potential of Key deer being removed from the Endangered Species List.

The Moon Tree Garden

Moon Tree Garden

July 14, 2019    Sandra Friend

Florida’s most unique arboretum features a circle of sycamores honoring the Apollo missions, all here thanks to an Apollo 14 project for the U.S. Forest Service to take tree seedings into orbit around the moon.

The Trans-Florida Central Railroad Trail

Bike path bridge over interstate 95

Fellsmere      ( 27.7681, -80.5213 )      8.2 miles

If you’ve seen the prominent Trans-Florida Central Railroad Trail over Interstate 95 at Fellsmere, you’ve probably wondered about it. Here’s what we found when we stopped for a ride.

Wood Stork

wood stork nest Jacksonville Zoo

Bird Identification      ( Species ID )      

The only true stork native to North America, the wood stork can have a wingspan of over five feet. Once highly threatened due to habitat loss in its nesting areas, it’s made a spectacular comeback

Zipping Over Gators at Gatorland

Sally White zip line Gatorland

June 23, 2019    Sally White

What’s it like to sail over a pondful of alligators on a zip line in Florida? Contributor Sally White of the Adventures of Mom shares her experience on Gatorland’s Screamin’ Gator Zip Line in Orlando.

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