Category: Orlando Sentinel 150

The aging, half-blind sole survivor of its kind died at Walt Disney World in an elaborate imitation of its native marshlands along the St. Johns River in Brevard County.

The 3,500-year-old giant bald cypress once served as a beacon for ancient tribes traveling inland to fish, hunt and trade, towering over an expanse of pine, oak, palms and cypress…

In 1961, businessman Harry P. Leu donated to the city of Orlando the park that bears his name, "a 40-acre Eden."

From the 1920s through the 1950s, the lake was hailed in national guidebooks as an angler’s paradise.

As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the Orlando Sentinel will host a panel discussion about environmental issues facing our area.

Central Florida's environment is the lure that brought so many people and so much development here. Its spectacular landscape has been enhanced and exploited in the name of progress.

"From the day of their arrival, through all the years from babies to grandmothers and grandfathers, the swans have been a constant source of interest and delight," the Sentinel reported…

As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, the Orlando Sentinel will host the environmental event at the 4Roots Farm Education Building,

Check out images from the Orlando Sentinel 150 'Ol' Watchdog' whiskey event at Forward/Slash.

"From the day of their arrival, through all the years from babies to grandmothers and grandfathers, the swans have been a constant source of interest and delight," the Sentinel reported…