Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally recognized dark skies of Big Cypress.

One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration scientist Mark Cook.

UNESCO formally decided Wednesday to keep the Everglades National Park on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

Fraga's account is one of several stories from inmates and attorneys about the detention facility’s challenges during its initial opening week.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization convened last Friday in Paris and decided to keep the designation.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava wants the state to give the county monitoring authority over the new Everglades immigrant detention center. The mayor cited in a Tuesday letter to the state’s top legal officer the county’s ownership of the land where the detention center is located as warranting remote video access,

Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity are nonpartisan, not-for-profit organizations working to protect the Everglades from the threat of water and light pollution and other harm posed by this detention center and to protect endangered species on the site surrounded by Big Cypress National Preserve.

One of the largest flocks of American flamingos in a decade was spotted in the Everglades last week by avian ecologist and restoration scientist Mark Cook. The previous largest group was a flock of 147 flamingos in 2014.

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