What many don’t know how there are little sparrows native to Florida that are so endangered, they are on the verge of ...

This is Martin County's first Florida Champion Tree. St. Lucie County has one and Indian River County has seven. See the list.

nearby Lake Okeechobee spills over and flows into the Everglades. Water flows southward through cypress swamps, wet prairies, and mangrove forests, before spilling out into the Florida Bay.

Now, the skeletal remains of the trees form one of the Everglades ... for their age and carbon content. Everglades peat forms quickly. In Florida's mangrove forests, around 2 to 10 millimeters ...

The 35-foot-tall mangrove towers over neighboring trees and is 233 inches in circumference with a 31.5-foot crown spread, according to the Florida Forest Service and Martin County Public Works ...