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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_youtube id=”https://youtu.be/N01wRp1Yfsc” width=”800″ height=”450″ autoplay=”no” api_params=”” class=””] Washington, D.C. – On Earth Day, U.S. Representative Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) joined U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Florida Department of Transportation District Secretary Gus Pego, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy, National Park Service (NPS)…

David Jones via Flickr creative commons Ron Bergeron featured in BrowardPalmBeach.com – The 19 Best Environmentalists in South Florida Ron Bergeron: “Not all conservationists are dyed-in-the-organic-cotton liberals. “Alligator” Ron Bergeron wears blue jeans, a killer mustache, and a belt buckle the size of your head. He runs a rodeo and drives a gold-plated Hummer. A builder and garbage company magnate, he has constructed roads all over South Florida. But he brings a…

Great tarpon fishing in Florida Bay has been one of the benefits of the emergency flowage easement to reduce high water levels in Everglades water conservation areas. (Richard Stanczyk / Courtesy) By Steve Waters | SunSentinal.com Here’s a story that all anglers can celebrate this Earth Day: The benefits of the emergency measure that took effect Feb. 15 to allow excess water in the Everglades water conservation areas to flow south under…

ROBERT CALLAWAY/COURTESY Starr Bergeron shot this trophy wild turkey in Florida hunting with her father, Ron, last weekend in Hendry County. As spring season nears end, hunters must be patient As Florida’s spring turkey season winds down, it’s important to keep in mind that it’s never too late to get a gobbler. All it takes to bag a bird during the season’s final days is knowing your way around the woods and…

By Steve Waters | SunSentinal.com Closures in the Everglades because of high water levels from record winter rains have caused some confusion for anglers, paddlers, airboaters and others who enjoy spending time in the River of Grass. The reason is the “CLOSED” signs posted at boat ramps. At first glance, you’d assume there is no boating or fishing access. In actuality, shore anglers can fish from the ramps and boaters can fish…

By Robert Langellier | Esquire.com ALLIGATOR RON BERGERON, one of Florida’s leading conservationists, steps out of his glinting gold-and-black Hummer. TV reporters wait below on the levee of the C-4 canal, which drains water from the Everglades toward Biscayne Bay. In snakeskin boots and a rodeo belt, he surveys the cameras. The right media shot is at the water’s edge, with the marshland spreading away beyond. Behind him, water roars through a…

Billy Culligan, left, and Ron Bergeron hold the two wild turkeys that Bergeron called in while hunting a couple years ago during the spring turkey season on his Green Glades West ranch. Photo by Steve Waters (Steve Waters / Sun Sentinel) When turkey hunters head into the woods Saturday morning, they’ll be doing their best to sound sexy. The better they are at sweet-talking tom turkeys and making the males think that…

After a month-long hunt, 106 Burmese pythons have been captured throughout the Everglades National Park in Florida. Though this is an impressive number, pythons remain an invasive problem in the area, but wildlife officials are more concerned with bringing awareness to the issue. The challenge ran between Jan. 16 and Feb. 14, and with temperatures averaging in the 70’s and a larger geographic area for the competition, hunters had favorable conditions for…

Everglades, F.L. — The Burmese python, one of the largest snakes in the world, is running amok in Florida. Well, more like slithering amok. So much so that on Saturday, state officials kick off a month-long competition designed to remove as many of the colossal constrictors from the Everglades as possible. More than 600 people have signed up for the Python Challenge, according to Carli Segelson, a spokeswoman for the Florida Fish…

Barefoot and accompanied by his beagle and pal Big Bill Booth, Dusty Crum eagerly set out to hunt, catch and/or kill as many Burmese pythons as possible. Crum is one of more than 600 adventurous men and women from 24 states who paid $25 to participate in Florida’s 2nd Python Challenge. The first, held three years ago, netted 68 of the snakes. This time, Florida’s Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission hopes to…