We"re heading down to Florida today to celebrate the 75th year of Everglades National Park, the largest tropical wilderness in the United States. The park was established in 1947 to defend a fragile ecosystem and covers about 20% of the entire Everglades wetland. But even with the park service"s protection, the Everglades" features, primarily shallow freshwater pools, have suffered significantly due to human activity.
Everglades National Park turns 75
Today in History
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A day of service for Dr. King
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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It’s surströmming time
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Museum Mile Festival
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Train crossing the Tadami River in Japan
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A grand event
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Happy Pi Day!
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Steyr River, Austria
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Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
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Summertime in Alaska
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Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain
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Cool water in the Quinault
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World Oceans Day
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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Winter in the Wild West
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Nuuk, Greenland
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Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
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The Unfinished Obelisk near Aswan, Egypt
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International Mountain Day
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Did they forget to fly south?
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Hang Sơn Đoòng Cave, Vietnam
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A plot was afoot
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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Oh, to sleep under the northern lights
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Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Tolkien Reading Day
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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Take this for a spin...
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