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Tiger Creek is a stream in Polk County, Florida, in the United States. [1] Tiger Creek was named from the fact Florida panthers were seen there by early settlers.
Tiger Creek Preserve, a 5,000-acre tract in in southeast Polk County, is one of 14 sites newly added to the Great Florida Wildlife and Birding Trail.
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida were recognized by the state of Florida in 1957, and gained federal recognition in 1962 as the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. [1] ca. late 18th c.–1819: Kinache , also Kinhagee (ca. 1750–ca. 1819), the last chief of the Creek of Miccosukee, Florida , who was defeated in battle in 1818 by ...
Tiger Creek. Tiger Creek may refer to: Tiger Creek (Florida), a stream in Polk County. Tiger Creek (Georgia), a stream in Catoosa and Whitfield counties. Category: Place name disambiguation pages.
The Florida Wildlife Corridor is a statewide network of nearly 18 million acres of connected ecosystems containing state parks, national forests, and wildlife management areas that support wildlife and human occupation. [1] The corridor seeks to connect wildlife habitats, reducing their fragmentation and the subsequent declines in plant and ...
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, it is one of three federally recognized Seminole entities. It received that status in 1957. Today, it has six Indian reservations in Florida.
Ruby Tiger Osceola and 17 members of her family moved from Bradenton onto the reservation, at the urging of then-Chief James E. Billie. Reservations. Other Seminole Tribe of Florida reservations are: Big Cypress Reservation, the largest territory, including 81.972 sq mi (212.306 km 2), in Broward and Hendry Counties
The Ocala National Forest is the second largest nationally protected forest in the U.S. State of Florida. It covers 607 square miles (1,570 km 2) of North Central Florida. It is located three miles (5 km) east of Ocala and 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Gainesville. The Ocala National Forest, established in 1908, is the oldest national forest ...