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About
The program covers important safety information for boaters as well as specific considerations for protecting the sensitive resources in Everglades National Park. The course discusses the heightened level of protection of the Park's natural resources and outlines recommended boater behavior and equipment necessary for safely navigating Florida Bay, the Gulf Coast, backcountry marine areas, and Ten Thousand Islands.
Everglades Course Privacy Policy
The National Park Service, along with many expert stakeholders, offers this course as part of its larger efforts to protect the unusual ecosystems and recreational experiences for boaters in Everglades National Park. The Everglades Boater Education Course was called for in the 2015 Park General Management Plan as part of the 30-year plan for meeting the National Park Service's mission: protecting natural and cultural resources while providing for visitor enjoyment.
If you require additional assistance while registering for this course or creating your account, please contact the Eppley Institute help desk at 812-855-3095 or use our contact from to submit a request online.
Course Schedule
This course is self-paced, allowing learners the flexibility to complete the course as quickly or slowly as they need. While exploring course content, learners can investigate topics in greater detail through enrichment activities that link to real-world examples, original source materials, and policy documents. Learners can easily move from section to section as they navigate through the course, revisiting concepts as needed. This course includes the following elements.
After completing all course activities, you will complete a brief assessment to demonstrate your understanding of key course concepts. Upon successful completion of the assessment, you will be awarded a certificate of completion.
Course Chapters
- Why Here?
- Key Points about Protected Places
- Where Are We?
- Zone Maps
- Preparing for Your Trip
- Know Before You Go - Skills and Experience
- Know Before You Go - Going Fishing?
- Know Before You Go - Rules and Regulations
- Know Before You Go - Tools and Equipment
- Know Before You Go - Environmental Conditions
- Loading and Launching
- Florida Bay
- Around the Cape
- Open Water
- Ten Thousand Islands
- The Mangrove Backcountry
- Wilderness Waterway & Everglades Paddling Trail
- Conclusion
Be able to:
- Understand the federal and state regulations that provide the framework for boater safety and resource protection.
- Identify sensitive park resources and the strategies used to protect them.
- List appropriate ways to interact with park resources to prevent impacts and/or damage while boating.
- Identify the location and implications of designated wilderness, restricted, or closed areas for resource protection.
- Identify visitor activities and behaviors that impact park resources.
- List shallow water boating strategies and techniques to prevent impacts.
- Anticipate environmental conditions and uncertainties that could affect your boating experience.
- List consequences of inappropriate or illegal actions within the park.
- Identify equipment and navigational aids necessary for safely boating in park waters.
- Determine the key boater-specific attributes and skills affecting your boating experiences.
Recommended Background
Successful completion of this course is required in order to obtain a Boater Certificate for Everglades National Park.
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Rating - I completed the course with a passing grade. The certificate shows last years passing grade as well as this years course with a passing grade. However, the certificate shows last years date.Review by Pete
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(Posted on 2/28/2020) - Being a fisherman, I would tow someone back to the ramp because thenext time it could be me but I would not be happy about it. If the other boaters were not prepared for the Everglades, I would not be happy. I would resent having to sacrifice my fishing tReview by John
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(Posted on 2/4/2020) - Great Overview Review by Leonardo
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Good job! (Posted on 12/1/2019) - Great courseReview by Joseph
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Ensuring safe boating, protection of our everglades, and overall respect is a WIN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
We love our Park (Posted on 8/27/2019) - Good to have...but....Review by Jeffrey
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Best place on earth when the weather is right and with good friends. Go enjoy it and soak in the Everglades. (Posted on 8/25/2019) - Excellent contentReview by ROBERT
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We have too many idiots operating vessels. (Posted on 8/9/2019) - Good material and presentationReview by Darren
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Lastly user interface needs some work. Very clunky going out to links and having to re-open base course window again. (Posted on 8/5/2019) - Great way to raise awarenessReview by David
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Worth the time. (Posted on 7/31/2019) - Useful and informative Review by Andrew
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Rating - Very useful for anyone traversing shallow waters in Florida, not just Everglades Nat. Park.Review by Charles
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Basically good information, but I will never use 99% of it. (Posted on 7/29/2019) - good courseReview by Dennis
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PLBs should be a necessary safety item in the Everglades due to the complexity of the environment it is easy to get lost or become stranded and cell phone coverage cannot be guaranteed. (Posted on 7/20/2019) - Great CourseReview by Steven
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(Posted on 7/19/2019) - Very helpful and alot of good information Review by Jean
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The check lists and extra information for boaters is valuable for everyone boating anywhere. The local knowledge was useful. (Posted on 7/17/2019) - GoodReview by Jordan
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Various illustrations are presented, but they do not match up. (Posted on 6/14/2019) - .Review by Mark
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I had some technical problems though, which may be due to my older computer. Each time I followed a link to "more information" and tried to return to the main course I had to start from the beginning again. (Posted on 1/5/2019) - Great job.. Helpful for everyone especially for people who have no knowlegde of the ParkReview by TED
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