The National Park Service has reopened the historic Nike Hercules Missile Base HM-69 in Everglades National Park for hiking tours. They were first offered in 2009. Ranger-guided tours bring park visitors through one of Florida’s best preserved relics of the Cold War. According to a statement from the park, “This significant historical site is physically [...]

  Everglades National Park’s Ernest Coe Visitor Center is exhibiting nature photographs from Judd Patterson until Sept. 30. Patterson works for the South Florida/Caribbean Network of the National Park Service and shoots nature photography to promote environmental education and for the sheer joy of being outside. He is highly motivated to capture images of threatened [...]