Big Cypress National Preserve

It’s getting down to the wire for Big Cypress Market Place, a sprawling rural shopping and entertainment center about four miles east of Collier Boulevard on U.S. 41.  

If you're up for an adventure, you don't have to go to Africa for a Safari. A one-tank trip to the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation will bring you face to face with some of the world's most dangerous animals.  

Southwest Florida is home to one of the most famous photographers in the world. Clyde Butcher's photographs made Everglades conservation a priority. For this week's one tank trip, NBC2's Chad Oliver headed south on Tamiami Trail.  

The Xtreme Yard Makeover became an Xtreme eyesore. No one disputes that. Not Daphne Volcy, owner of the North Naples yard that received a much-publicized conservation-minded facelift in June. Not the project’s creator, Judy Haner, intergovernmental/outreach specialist for the South Florida Water...  

Basik Development LLC has begun pre-construction sales for three industrial storage condos and a 45,000-square-foot warehouse at Naples Big Cypress Storage, U.S. 41 East and Basik Road, east of Collier ...  

Basik Development LLC has leased more than 80 percent of the merchant booths and all of the restaurant spaces at Big Cypress Market Place, an upscale...  

The Collier County School District is looking for a do-over. District officials have confirmed that they are working on appeals of the school grades of four Collier County schools. The schools — Big Cypress and Veterans Memorial Elementary schools, Golden Gate Middle School and Golden Gate High...  

As the year-mark approaches of when the Big Cypress Market Place was to have opened its doors, project officials say it’ll be just one more month until the expansive flea market lets in the public.  

All of South Florida's national parks had reopened by Wednesday afternoon, reporting no major damage from Tropical Storm Fay. Everglades, Biscayne and Dry Tortugas national parks and the Big Cypress National Wildlife Preserve reported that operations, including campgrounds and boat ramps, were...  

Facing a bear? Florida black bears, which are protected as a threatened species, live mainly in six forested and swampland areas around the state, including the Ocala and Apalachicola national forests. The nearest one is the Big Cypress National Preserve.