of course that's the year in which everglades national park was dedicated. also the year that marjory stoneman douglas published the everglades river of grass. as joe said, i wrote this book about marjory stoneman douglas. excuse me. and she had tremendous amount of -- respect for tropical audubon. and i think that was her favorite organization next to of course friends of the everglades. and the one she founded. and joan browner, too, had tremendous respect for tropical audubon. not so much national but definitely tropical audubon. so thank you for what you do. of course we should thank florida audubon for their eagle watch program, which is a very valuable program on many levels. i wanted to start -- first of all thank -- thank you for coming out. a beautiful evening out there. i don't know why you are inside here with me. but i appreciate that you are. i wanted to start by telling you why i wrote this book. and i am going to have a pop quiz question for you, too. so i wrote this book for a number of reasons. one, the -- after i finished the book on the gu

we've fought against development in the everglades big cyprus this came bay and over the years have continued to do so as we do today. so i've been a member of tropical audubon society for over 30 years and found it just a great way as i move to miami to learn about our local region and the natural areas around here. so i encourage everyone to go to our website at tropical audubon.org and take a look at our events. we have field trips every weekend throughout the year bird trips mostly oft. to go see eagles because of course as birders. we do see eagles regularly and a few people really have recognized that florida has one of the largest concentrations of bald eagles and the united states we have over 1,500 nesting nesting pairs and audubon in general has a program called eagle watch and these are people that keep an eye on eagles nests and just monitor them for making sure that the eagles are safe as they grow and we actually have a nest right here in south florida. not far from where we sit right now. um, this pair of eagles is nested pretty regularly here and um last year, they nested with

(betty osceola) our elders told us that in our time of need, the everglades help hide us.helped provide us food. it provided a shelter and comfort. now that she's in need, it's our turn to help protect her, to help shelter her, and to take care of her like she did to us. (david weintraub) a spark can start a forest fire. environmental devastation kindled the light in the early visionaries, leading to an outcry against the continued onslaught to mother earth and the long man. (wilma dykeman) but here was my river, a whole tributary thpigeon river. thwhole one whole tributary was killed by the pollution tha was dumped into it by a paper company. dead water came out with great chus as big as that piano, with white foam that came all the way down, and the odor along with it came down into tennessee. so i just said, "well,f i write "this book, i have to have this chapter, "but i'll try to make it interesting. "i'll call it ho kille the frch broad?' and maybe they'll think it's a murder myery." well, it was a murder outright, but it wasn't any mystery. (robert morgan) this beaut

we fought against development in the everglades and over the years have continued to do so. so i have been a member of tropical audubon society for over 30 years. and found it just a great way to learn about our local region and the natural areas around here. so i encourage everyone to go to our website and take a lock at our events. we have field trips throughout the year. often times to see eagles because as birders, we see eagles regularly. and few people really have recognized that florida has one of the largest concentrations of bald eagles in the united states. these are people that keep an eye on eagles nests and monitor them for making sure the eagles are safe as they grow. we have a nest right here in had south florida not far from where we sit right now. this pair has nested pretty regularly here. and they nested with two eaglets, but unfortunately, had a loss of one eaglet as it fell. and then a second falling out at a nest suffered a broken wing. luckily we were aware of this and two of our local heroes saved the eaglet, rehabilitated it and released it near ever

this brush fire is burning in the everglades. flames have burned more than 13,000 acres.ighters say it's burning in an area surrounded by water and levees, so homes aren't threatened, but flames are getting close to a home where there is airboat tours. >>> daniel craig tested positive for covid. performances are being canceled through thursday. craig, along with a few other people in the company, tested positive. he stars in the revival of "macbeth." he last performed on broadway in 2013. >>> broadway performers gathered today to show solidarity with the ukrainian people through song. ♪ ♪ >> dozens of stars from the stage performed the song "do you hear the people sing" from "les miserables." several of the bill boards in times square switched to the collars of the ukrainian flag for this event. >>> anthony flores is joining us now. it is really tough to keep track of the oakland a's roster with the opening day coming up. >> i think a lot of the guys in dugout were doing this, what's going on? because it was the case of trading places for shawn. he woke up in oakland, and

this is about 40 minutes outside of the city of miami here at the everglades. a look behind me, you can see the smoke is getting pretty dark. it's been progressing all morning, and we can spot some hot spots along the way. 9 with the lack of rain in this area and the hot temperatures, this fire has taken over 1 the ,000 acre -- 12,000 acres of land here in the everglades. the good news is currently homes and businesses are not in danger, but communities on the east side of this fire might be seeing some ash in the air and also accumulating on some surfaces like their cars and the streets as well. now, we do have an aerial view of this fire that was taken just yesterday. the florida forest service says it started tuesday night with about 100 acres, growing to now the 12,000. rangers and fire fighters are working to keep it contained as it's part of a conservancy. they're not trying to put if it out, this process is part of an ecological cycle helping to renew the land. so far it's 60% contained. dave rosenbaum talked about the saw grass that keeps this fire goin

waving those admission fees today to kick off national park week from acadia to yosemite to the everglades to the grand tetons. you will be able to explore the best parts that america has to offer. national park week runs until next sunday. the 24th alright. everybody is taking a look at the weather. it is a soggy start to this weekend. we want to bring in meteorologist roberta gonzalez with the timeline of what this rainstorm is doing. hi, roberta. this great sleeping, whether this morning absolutely wouldn't know . i wish i do wish we knew it will will get will have a nice nap later. okay we will gradually see some clearing later today. so your day is starting off with the soaking, but anything you have planned this morning. you could slide into the afternoon hours because the sun will shine. this is the scene looking at this morning towards jack london square, where it is damp. let's head to it right now and take a look at our storm tracker where we have the heaviest precipitation. now moving towards the sacramento valley, and it's already snowing in the high sierra. so let's zoom on in

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from acadia to yosemite to the everglades to the grand tetons, you'll be able to explore the best land america has to offer and national park week runs from the 16th through the 24th. well all that snow that's been falling up to this era has some ski resorts considering extending their seasons. why not palace? st star ho says it has seen about 15 inches of snow in the last 24 hours. they are keeping the upper mountain slopes open, possibly through the end of the month now, but because of the big dry spell the last three months, this term won't be enough to reopen lifts that have already shut down. boreal senior marketing manager told us at noontime today they will be shutting down despite that fresh note. we will have to close this sunday because we do have our summer camp. so we're trying to prepare for right now we've got to dig out or outdoor skate park . those mountain bike trails, bmx trails and more so we can be prepared to launch your summer camps in the beginning of june. boreal says they have seen over 18 inches in the past 24 hours, two ft so far this week with more on the wa

and the everglades section of san jose jesse gary ktvu, fox two news the white house does not by russia's claim that it is scaling back operations around ukraine's capital. ukraine's armed forces are showing off images taken from the air around kiev. they say the images show russian tanks that have been destroyed near the capital today. meantime russian troops are leaving ukraine's chernobyl power plant , which was overtaken in the first few days of the war. ukraine state owned nuclear power company thinks that decision to leave was made after soldiers got what's being called significant doses of radiation. the company thinks the soldiers were exposed while digging trenches at that contaminated site. fox news. madeline rivera has the latest now on this ongoing conflict from washington. as the fighting rages on in ukraine, nothing is off limits, including this school outside of kiev. children's artwork scattered among shattered glass. still ukrainian forces are pushing back intent on reclaiming territory from russian troops. u s. officials say russia has been pounding the contested donbass

we've fought against development in the everglades big cyprus this came bay and over the years have continued to do so as we do today. so i've been