A Florida panther saunters down a road in Big Cypress National Preserve. Florida's Miccosukee Tribe is fighting the National Park Service's attempts to assign Big Cypress a wilderness designation, which would prohibit human access to much of the preserve. Photo courtesy Big Cypress National Preserve
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WILDERNESS DESIGNATION PROPOSAL
Tribal access at stake in Big Cypress
Florida’s Indigenous people are again fighting to protect their homeland from a threat involving the National Park Service; this time it’s the prospect of a wilderness designation at Big Cypress National Preserve.
