To best understand Biscayne National Park is to understand why it is a National Park in the first place. Southern Florida was becoming an extremely popular area for both people moving to the area ...

A subtropical wilderness surrounded by urbanized Florida, Biscayne National Park is a tantalizing water world inviting you to get wet. Though encompassing almost 173,000 acres, 95 percent of this ...

The plan lays out a menu of options to achieve these goals, including: The National Park Service and Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are in the process of determining the specific ...

Capt. Ernie Piton attested to a plan that would send 50,000 lobster/stone crab traps into the Florida Keys. Biscayne National Park, South Florida and the Keys do not have a fishing problem.

The channel, located west of Broad Creek, ends at the southern boundary of Biscayne National Park, where the waters of Miami-Dade County blend into Monroe County and the Florida Keys. READ MORE ...

You can also have a national-park experience for free another way, by visiting one of the 20 national parks that don’t charge ...

While the National Park Service has spent 15 years in public discussion to develop a plan to protect the reefs within Biscayne's waters -- "(R)oughly two thirds of the Florida Reef Tract lie within ...

Share articleKirsten Hines, a renowned nature and wildlife photographer, has dedicated her career to capturing the beauty and ...

The warm Florida winter months also offer birders the chance to ... for coral reefs both within Biscayne and in nearby marine protected areas. The Biscayne National Park Institute provides guided ...