Not your everyday Everglades wildlife sighting! A few days go, one of our park rangers was lucky enough to capture this adorable River Otter on video at Shark Valley. Have you ever been lucky enough to encounter some otters in the park? NPS video by Ellen Blackwood Video Description: A brown river otter walks along a park road and then slides in to some vegetation along a river. #WildlifeWednesday #Everglades #EvergladesNationalPark #FindYourPark #EncuentraTuParque | Everglades National Park

The River of Grass Prescribed Burn Watch these beautiful images of a large prescribed fire at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park. Everglades Fire Management uses helicopters and firefighters to ignite this carefully planned fire. See how fire is used to burn away decades of accumulated dead sawgrass during moist conditions to prevent future, and severe, dry season fires which may threaten the habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow. Once burned, areas quickly become green and less flamma

Robert Moehling’s fruit stand near Everglades National Park’s main entrance has been feeding visitors and passersby since 1959.