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America's Ten Most Endangered National Parks

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Danger for Florida's Parks

Two Florida parks have been named to the list of the 10 most endangered national parks, a ranking published annually by the parks watchdog group, the National Parks Conservation Association. Mary Munson is its Florida Director...

That two Florida parks have again made the list of the 10 most endangered national parks, is designed to draw attention to challenges and threats faced by the park system. The National Parks Conservation Association put Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve on the list for the fourth straight year. The group's Florida director, Mary Munson, describes the selection process...

Lessening Florida's Park Threats

That two parks in Florida were named to the list of the 10 most endangered national parks is only part of the story. That inclusion for the fourth straight year of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, comes along with the removal from the list, of Biscayne National Park...

An Exotic Parks Threat

In addition to human caused threats, two of Florida's National Parks face a natural threat of unnatural origin. In naming the Everglades and Big Cypress park properties to the list of the 10 most endangered national parks, a parks watchdog group cites exotic and invasive vegetation as a chief threat...

The group that named two Florida parks to its annual list of the 10 most endangered national parks, hopes to raise awareness of threats it sees to the national park system. Mary Munson is Florida director of the National Parks Conservation Association--a self-described watchdog group....