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Native leaders blast construction of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' on land they call sacred

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over the opposition of Native American leaders who consider the area their sacred ancestral homelands

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Florida AG’s warning to AOC and ‘communists’ over ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as DeSantis promises more deportations

James Uthmeier sneers that liberal protesters will not be able to picket new facility because of its situation deep in the Everglades: ‘Good luck finding it’

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‘Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide’: Florida builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades for migrant detention

...that is worse than prisons for mass murderers

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What to know about "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's immigration detention site in the Everglades

An immigration detention facility located at an isolated Everglades airfield surrounded by mosquito-, python- and alligator-filled swamplands is just days away from being operational

The Independent UK

Florida Seizes Land Owned By Miami-Dade To Build 'Alligator Alcatraz' To Detain Migrants

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the Trump administration will fund an initiative by the Florida government to set up an immigration detention camp in the Everglades

Latin Times

Florida building ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for undocumented migrants in the Everglades that will cost $450m per year to run

Facility under construction on former airfield and will cost $450m per year to run

The Independent UK

Miami-Dade Mayor Criticizes Proposed Plan For Migrant Detention Center 'Alligator Alcatraz,' Says Environmental Impact Could Be 'Devastating'

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava expressed reservations about a proposed migrant detention center in the Everglades

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Florida Proposes 'Alligator Alcatraz' to House Detained Migrants and Speed Up Deportations

Florida's attorney general proposed using a 30-square-mile part of the Everglades to house, process, and deport detained migrants.

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Florida AG Unveils Plan for Immigrant Detention Camp Surrounded by Alligators and Pythons

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has proposed a new immigrant detention facility nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at a remote airport site surrounded by Everglades wildlife

Latin Times

Florida removes record haul of invasive pythons in effort to curb population

The increase in Burmese pythons had resulted in loss of animals native to the Everglades

The Guardian - US

Florida bobcat bites the head off of 13-foot Burmese python in the Everglades

Wildlife experts believe that predators native to the Everglades are beginning to fight back against the invasive species of snake.

LiveScience

New eco-hotel at Everglades national park built for age of super hurricanes

Flamingo Lodge – constructed from repurposed shipping containers on stilts – replaces Florida facility battered by hurricanes Katrina and Wilma

The Guardian - US

Everglades restoration would protect Florida Keys while scientists watch drought conditions

The Everglades is more than just swamps, fan boats and alligators and restoration efforts impact more than the land between Florida’s east and west coasts

The Independent UK

25 years of Everglades restoration has improved drinking water for millions in Florida, but a new risk is rising

Do you know where your drinking water comes from?

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Alison Hammond's Florida Unpacked: release date, activities and everything we know

Alison Hammond and her son Aidan reveal how to have an epic holiday on a budget in Alison Hammond's Florida Unpacked.

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Takeaways from AP's story on the Miccosukee's fight to protect the Everglades

For centuries, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has called the Everglades home

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In Florida, the Miccosukee fight to protect the Everglades in the face of climate change

For centuries, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida has called the Everglades home

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Everglades Restoration Efforts Making Progress Despite Challenges

Efforts to restore the Everglades face challenges from pollution and climate change, but progress is being made to protect this vital ecosystem.

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The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP's story on Everglades restoration efforts

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida’s Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians

The Independent UK

In Florida, a race is on to save the Everglades and protect a key source of drinking water

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians

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The Ford Bronco Everglades Is Worthy of the Badge: Review

You probably can't tell by looking at the picture above, but I'm standing in about six inches of water. My feet are soaked, fish are swimming around me, and there's a stench coming off the surface that I’d deem concerning.

The Guardian - UK

The Burmese python problem: how 20ft predators are wreaking havoc on the Everglades

There are between 100,000 and 300,000 of these snakes in the region – and they can swallow a small deer whole. What can Florida do about this threat to biodiversity?

The Independent UK

Prisoners plead for air conditioning in lawsuit against Florida corrections department

A lawsuit filed this week by the prison reform advocacy group Florida Justice Institute says that extreme heat in unairconditioned cells at a prison near the Florida Everglades has contributed to the deaths of four people and that state officials have failed to take “meaningful action” to mitigate the risk…

LiveScience

'Truly primal': Watch Burmese python swallow deer whole in Florida Everglades by stretching its mouth to the absolute limit

Female Burmese python measuring 14.8’ (4.5m) and weighing 115.2 lbs (52.3 kg) consuming a white-tailed deer weighing 76.9 lbs (34.9 kg) in southwestern Florida.

The Independent UK

Grand prize winner removed 20 Burmese pythons from the wild in Florida challenge

The winner of the Florida Python Challenge removed 20 Burmese pythons from the Everglades

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