Florida Features

Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, has carried the inspiration and legacy of the organization’s founder, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, into the battle to shut down a massive immigration detention center in the heart of the glades.

Candy Feller is a decades-long teacher, student, and illustrator of these coastal keystones, and their increasing need for protection keeps her marching.

Longtime outdoor writer, photographer, and fishing guide Tommy Thompson reflects on a life spent fostering love for Florida’s wild side.

Roger Hammer has spent decades documenting the state’s native and rare orchids before they disappear. Florida boasts the greatest diversity of orchids in the continental U.S., but today, three-fourths of its orchids are listed as endangered or threatened. As the rarest orchids become increasingly difficult to find each year, Roger stays vigilant with the hope that there may be more out there to discover.