Everglades National Park is a United States national park that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida, established on December 6, 1947. It is the largest tropical wilderness in the United States and the largest designated subtropical wilderness on the North American continent, protecting a mosaic of sawgrass marsh, mangrove forest and coastal estuary that shelters the Florida panther, the American alligator and the American crocodile side by side. The park carries a rare triple international designation: a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, an International Biosphere Reserve since 1976, and a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention since 1987. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 RealmCoastal (Marine and Terrestrial) 1 International DesignationRamsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) 1 International DesignationUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 International DesignationUNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1 Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyUS National Park Service 1 IUCN Category Governing Body
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How much of Everglades National Park is designated wilderness?
Over 86 percent, which forms the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness, the largest wilderness area east of the Rocky Mountains.
Over 86 percent of the park is designated wilderness. About 1,296,500 acres, roughly 86 percent of the park, was declared a wilderness area on November 10, 1978, and the area was renamed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness in 1997. It is the largest wilderness area in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Everglades National Park is a United States national park that protects the southern twenty percent of the original Everglades in Florida.
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It is the largest tropical wilderness in the United States and the largest designated subtropical wilderness on the North American continent, protecting a mosaic of sawgrass marsh, mangrove forest and coastal estuary that shelters the Florida panther, the American alligator and the American crocodil
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UNESCO declared the Everglades & Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve in 1976 and listed the park as a World Heritage Site in 1979, and the Ramsar Convention included the park on its list of Wetlands of International Importance in 1987.
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