Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff recently led the unveiling of new workout equipment at Kennedy Park in Coconut Grove. According to the Miami Herald, “The outdoor gym, which was installed in late November, overlooks Biscayne Bay.” Sarnoff told the Herald, “‘This is really what government should be doing, giving people the opportunity to keep movement [...]

  “Amid 300-pound groupers, curious barracudas and a rainbow of tropical fish attracted to a new artificial reef off Key West, a tiny creature is causing a big stir among conservationists: the long-spined sea urchin.” So reports the Miami Herald’s Cammy Clark. “Decimated by disease during the early 1980s, the urchins have struggled to recover [...]

  All-terrain vehicle owners in South Florida for years have wanted open land to ride, without hassle. Now Miami-Dade Park And Recreation Department planners believe they’ve found just the spot, reports the Miami Herald. “Supporters insist the proposed 1,608-acre park — just north of Tamiami Trail at the Collier-Miami-Dade line — will do the Everglades more good than [...]

  A boater was killed by lightning on Sept. 5 in Biscayne National Park. According to a Miami Herald report, “U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Nick Ameen said the man was struck while standing on a 14-foot boat with an aluminum hull.” A spokesperson for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said the lightning struck the 37-year-old boater around 1 [...]

    As of Aug. 29, deer, hog or alligator hunters are now allowed to kill Burmese pythons on public land, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Up to 100,000 of the non-native snakes are slithering throughout the Everglades and other wetlands, devouring indigenous animals and scaring humans who are hiking, kayaking [...]

  As of Aug. 29, hunters of deer, hogs or alligators are now allowed to kill Burmese pythons on public land, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Up to 100,000 of the non-native snakes are slithering throughout the Everglades and other wetlands, devouring indigenous animals and scaring humans who are hiking, kayaking [...]

  The Danskin Triathlon Series made its first showing in Miami on May 31. More than 500 women participated.   The winner was Brazil’s Sandra Soldon but the other women in the top five were South Floridians.   “I thought it was impossible to see that many women in a triathlon,” Soldan told the Miami [...]