BIG CYPRESS — Trans-Atlantic rower Victor Mooney recently visited the Big Cypress Reservation while his 24-foot rowboat was being repaired in Miami. Mooney, a Canarsee Tribe descendant from New York, has spent the last decade attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean to raise awareness for AIDS testing. During his fourth attempt,

BIG CYPRESS — Battles from the Second Seminole War, the longest and most expensive U.S. war waged against Native Americans, were realistically reenacted March 13-15 for descendants of both sides. Deadly skirmishes during the 1835-1842 war took place in the same general vicinity as the reenactments at Billie Swamp Safari in

BIG CYPRESS — The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum installed two wildlife cameras off the boardwalk on Jan. 7 to observe animals that frequent the area. Seventeen days later, a pair of Florida panthers posed for the camera. The mile-long boardwalk meanders through the 60-acre cypress dome, where Museum visitors learn about the flora

BRIGHTON — About 150 people saddled up and hunkered down Feb. 28 to move 50 cattle from the Brighton marsh pens to the Fred Smith Rodeo Arena for the third annual Smith Family Cattle Drive and Ranch Rodeo. The family organizes the event to honor the Smith men, Jack Sr., Fred,

HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood 4-H’ers recently learned that a show ring for steer isn’t much different than a stage for beauty queens. On Feb. 27, they were taught how to hide an animal’s flaws while accentuating its best attributes during a steer showmanship and grooming clinic at the Hollywood barn. The lesson