Everglades Weston: Do’s and Dont’s in the Everglades
Congratulations! You just booked your Everglades Weston airboat ride with Ride The Wind. Booking your adventurous trip is only the first step. The Everglades is a great place to visit, but there are a couple things you must know before you step foot in Florida’s motherland. Here are a couple do’s and don’ts to keep […]
Everglades Airboat Tours Fort Lauderdale: Why choose an airboat?
If you want to see the Everglades why not just drive down and explore on your own, right? Wrong. The best way to get the full Everglades experience is on Everglades Airboat Tours Ft Lauderdale! Not just any airboat of course, but an airboat with Ride The Wind. Take a chance and see the Everglades […]
Everglade Airboat Tours Fort Lauderdale: Here’s A Few Things To Do Around The Everglades!
Planning on traveling to South Florida? Having trouble finding outings to add to your itinerary? Your Everglades adventure starts here! There are countless exciting opportunities that the Everglades offers to tourists. Everglades National Park spans across 1.5 million acres. Visitors can enjoy a multitude of activities from hiking, canoeing and biking, to camping, Everglade Airboat […]
Fort Lauderdale Everglades Airboat Tours: Florida Everglades To Undergo $880M Wetlands Restoration Initiative
Maintaining a clean and healthy environment is critical for life on Earth and for Fort Lauderdale Everglades Airboat Tours. Who is in charge of making sure that these waters, especially the Everglades, are getting the treatments they deserve? MWH is a global wet infrastructure sector leader that specializes in water and waste water treatment, environmental […]
Ft Lauderdale Airboat Rides Everglades: The Everglades Wildfire
The wildfire that blanketed South Florida in thick smoke Monday now has exploded in size, covering about 19,500 acres in western Broward County – up from 2,500 acres earlier in the day. “I’ve never seen smoke like this before,” said Scott Peterich, Florida Forest Service spokesman, adding that firefighters are mostly monitoring the blaze, rather […]
Private Airboat Rides Everglades: The Big Cypress Swamp considers more trails for vehicles
As we stay informed about the Everglades, the Big Cypress is some of the most rugged territory accessible to the South Florida public, a vast expanse of swamp and forest just 45 minutes west of Fort Lauderdale. Big Cypress National Preserve has just begun work on a plan for managing its backcountry, areas off main […]
Everglades Airboat Rides: Saving the Pythons?
One of the world’s most unique remaining wetlands is in the throes of its own “silent spring” — a quiet death we apparently can’t hear above the din of the political wrangle over Lake Okeechobee water. While earnest politicians have just pledged hundreds of millions on the mechanics of Everglades restoration and water flow — […]
Airboat Rides: Everglades Project Threatened By Army Corps
Federal officials Tuesday potentially derailed a nearly $2 billion plan intended to help the Everglades and curb coastal water pollution. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Review Board in an unexpected move Tuesday refused to sign off on the Central Everglades plan, which would redirect more Lake Okeechobee water south to replenish Florida’s […]
Airboat Tours: The Everglades is made up of many different species
The Everglades is made up of many different species–animals and plant life. The black mangrove, butterfly pea, Brazilian pepper, white fragrant water lily and the cattail are all plats that are commonly found in the everglades. At a high elevation, between the high and low tide marks, grow the Black Mangroves from the family Verbenaceae. […]
Everglade Rides: Reptiles of the Everglades
Reptiles of the Everglades: Many of the best-known Everglades residents fall within this fascinating class of animals. More than 50 distinct kinds of reptiles inhabit the everglades. These species range from the formidable American crocodile to the diminutive green anole. Loggerhead turtles nest and live in the marine and estuary habitats of Florida Bay, in […]