https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WICXw8F1RPA Beyond a screen of tangled branches, there’s a little-known watery passage through red, white and black mangroves recently unlocked by supermoon king tides.  If you’re one of the lucky ones, you’ve followed the late environmental trailblazer and Florida icon Maggy Hurchalla through these brackish waters in St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park, a protected piece of Jupiter Island that Maggy helped save from beachfront development (one of her many accomplishments that kept Martin County from being overrun by development like much of South Florida.)  For many decades, sliding a kayak, canoe or stand-up paddle board into the Indian River Lagoon off the Hurchalla property was a rite of passage for any Florida nature lover who got the opportunity. [...]

Our hearts are with those impacted by Hurricane Idalia. We hope this dose of Everglades zen brings comfort to those seeking refuge in the beauty of nature. The poetry of nature is a balm for stormy times Did you know Marjory Stoneman Douglas was a poet? During her stint as a columnist at the Miami Herald in the early 1920s, she wrote poetry that topped her columns in the newspaper. This marked the beginning of her explorations of Florida’s landscape and geography.  Her poetic musings about the Greater Everglades became a foundation for her better-known nonfiction writing and environmental advocacy through Friends of the Everglades. For this month’s moment of Everglades zen, our Multimedia Producer Leah Voss explored the mile-long [...]