The Everglades isn’t just a park or place to visit – it’s a giant classroom. It’s a learning experience. It’s a great place for a student to intern. With an Everglades internship, people can gain experience in biological sciences, interpretation, administration, and more.

Internships are available through the Everglades BioCorps Internship Program, the Greening Youth Foundation, and the Student Conservation Association.

Everglades BioCorps Internship Program – This internship program is a  collaboration between the National Park Service, the South Florida National Parks Trust, and other agency and university partners. Interns get work experience in resource management.

People will gain in-depth experience in the Everglades ecosystem. Interns work with Park scientists on park-relate projects. Such projects have included: invasive reptile management and research, sea turtle net monitoring, freshwater aquatic ecology monitoring. For open positions, click here: https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/.

Greening Youth Foundation – GYF empowers its interns to value diverse ideas and experiences. The internship’s goal is to help protect and preserve public land. Interns can work in cultural resources, biological sciences, interpretation, engineering, and business. For internship openings, search here: http://serve.gyfoundation.org/.
Student Conservation Association – This group’s mission is to build the next generation of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong stewardship of the environment and communities. Interns receive experience with hands-on service to the land. For open positions, search here: https://www.thesca.org/serve/positions.

Explore the Everglades by Private Airboat Tour

The Everglades is an educational place, whether you want a job there or not. From tours to exploring, you’ll learn something new!

Ready to explores the Everglades?  If you want to truly experience the Everglades, you will need to jump on an iconic airboat. You’ll get to see so much of the wetland this way! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience

To book an airboat tour, call Captain Mitch’s Airboat Tours at 800-368-0065 or click our  Everglades Private Airboat Tours page.

There’s a lot to know about the Everglades National Park, so we wanted to gather some basic important information for you in one place. On this page, you can easily access Park information.

Enjoy! And, have a great time in the Park an on an airboat with us at Captain Mitch’s, of course.

• Everglades National Park address: 40001 State Road 9336
  Homestead, FL 33034
• Everglades National Park Entrance Fee- Per vehicle/Commercial Sedan – $25
• Everglades National Park Entrance Fee- Per Motorcycle – $20
• Everglades National Park Entrance Fee- Per Person/Cyclist – $8
• Everglades National Park Annual Pass – $40
• Everglades National Park Entrance Fee- Commercial Minibus – $100
• Average temperature is 74° to 77°F
• There are two seasons at Everglades National Park: the wet season and the dry season. The wet season runs from mid-May to November and the dry season runs from December to mid-May.
• The Everglades spans 1.5 million acres in southern Florida.
• The northern section of the park is accessible via Miami or Everglades City.
• The southern section of the park is accessible through Homestead.
• The Flamingo Visitor Center has educational displays, brochures, and backcountry permits. The center has campground facilities, a boat ramp, marina store, canoeing trails, and hiking trails. You should bring food and water if you come to this visitor center. There is a café.
• The Ernest Coe Visitor Center is open year-round with displays, films, and brochures. It has books, film, postcards, and bug spray for sale. Trails are a short drive from the center. There are restrooms here.
• The Shark Valley Visitor Center has displays, a video, and brochures. Books, postcards, and souvenirs are for sale in the gift shop. Around the visitor center there are bike rentals, soft drinks and guided tram tours available. There are a few walking trails and restrooms.
• The Gulf Coast Visitor Center has displays, films, brochures, and backcountry permits. At the center, you can take boat tours and canoe rentals – there are restrooms here and restaurants nearby.
• Captain Mitch’s Airboat Tours is located at 31000 Tamiami Trail E, Naples, Fl. The phone number is 1-800-368-0065

Explore the Everglades by Private Airboat Tour

Ready to explores the Everglades? While you’re here, you should definitely jump on an iconic airboat.

To book an airboat tour, call Captain Mitch’s Airboat Tours at 800-368-0065 or click our Private Everglades Airboat Tours page.

The South Florida Collections Management Center (SFCMC) is a multi-park museum program for Big Cypress National Preserve, De Soto National Memorial, and Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades National Park.

The center coordinates the acquisition and preservation of museum collections, which support research and park needs.

SFCMC is in the Everglades. These museum house more than 7 million museum items.

Each of the five parks has a distinct museum and archive collection based on the purpose, history and the resources in the park.

The Everglades National Park houses:

• 655,757 archaeology objects
  • 55 ethnology objects
  • 804 history objects
  • 2,710,511 archives objects
  • 112 art objects
  • 133,634 biology objects
  • 3,287 geology objects
  • 3,504,160 total objects

What type of objects are these exactly?

• Objects recovered from shipwrecks (16^th-20^th centuries).
• Objects made by Seminole and Miccosukee people like dolls, canoes, and tools.
• Suit of armor from the 16^th
• A 19^th-century cannon.
• A 20^th-century swamp buggy.
• Mollusks, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals.
• Documents, photographs, maps, films, drawings, and plans about the park.
• Newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, journals, personal papers.
• And more!

The public is welcome to visit the South Florida Collections Management Center museum and archives collections located in the Daniel Beard Center and Dr. Bill Robertson Center in Everglades National Park. The Daniel Beard Center is in the Nike Missile Site HM-69. The center is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. by appointment only. It is closed on all federal holidays and whenever the Everglades National Park is closed.

If you’d like to donate any objects or materials to the park collections, visit  https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1565/contactus.htm.

Explore the Everglades on a Private Airboat Tour

There’s so much to see and do in the Everglades – we’re happy there are museums to house such important parts of the Park’s past. It’s important to see where we’ve come as a civilization.

If you want to learn about the park while on the water, go on an airboat tour. You’ll learn a lot about the areas. To book an airboat tour, call Captain Mitch’s Airboat Tours at 800-368-0065 or click our  Everglades Private Airboat Tours page.

The Everglades isn’t a simple park with a manicured lawn and a swing set – this land is wild, filled with animals, plants, and more, which is why when you visit you must follow safety guidelines to keep yourself and the Park safe.

• The Everglades’ weather can be erratic and unpredictable. It can be extremely hot and humid. It also could be stormy. It is always advised you pay attention to the forecast before visiting.
• Choose activities that you are physically up. Don’t bike, walk, or canoe a path that is too difficult for you.
• Familiarize yourself with the trails before you go on them. Learn how long the trails will take you. Let someone know your plans, so if you’re gone for too long, someone will know if you need assistance.
• Always bring water.
• Bring insect repellent, especially in the summer.
• Wear sunscreen.
• Wear the appropriate clothing for whatever Everglades activity you choose to do.
• Keep an eye on your children.
• Pets are not allowed on most trails.
• Keep your pets on a leash in parking lots.
• Do not feed or touch the wildlife.
• Wear long sleeves and pants if you want to better avoid mosquito bites.
• Stay at least 15 feet away from an alligator or crocodile.
• Try not to touch plants, especially if you don’t know the species – it could be poisonous.
• Vultures like cars because of the rubber. Never park near a group of vultures. Park in the full sun. Use a car cover. Make loud noises to scare off vultures. Contact a park ranger for help with vultures near your car.

Explore the Everglades by Private Airboat Tour

The Everglades is a fun place to be, but if you don’t follow the above safety guidelines you could get hurt. Be respectful to the Park. It’s home to all the animals and plants. You want to leave the Park the way you found it.

Ready to explores the Everglades?  If you want to truly experience the Everglades, we suggest an airboat tour. You’ll get to see so much of Everglades on this vessel. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you’ll never forget.

To book an airboat tour, call Captain Mitch’s Airboat Tours at 800-368-0065 or click our  Everglades Private Airboat Tours page.