Big Cypress National Park, comprising 729,000 acres of swampland in the Everglades, was established in 1974. File photo by Darron R. Silva
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BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE
Groups seek end to decades of drilling
Joint efforts by conservationists, government leaders and the Miccosukee Tribe could put a stop to oil drilling in Big Cypress National Preserve once and for all, effectively ending a piecemeal effort over several decades to halt the legal yet contested mining of natural resources in one of the state’s crucial wildlife habitats.