Links to stories photographed by Cameron Gillie from the Naples Daily News Archive

Everglades National Park's 50th Anniversary -- To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Everglades National Park in December 1997, Naples Daily News photographer Cameron Gillie and writer Ralf E. "Ted" Kircher paddled a canoe for eight days to explore the length of the Wilderness Waterway, a 100-mile passageway from Everglades City to Flamingo winding through the mangrove estuaries of the western Everglades.

Big Cypress National Preserve celebrates 25th anniversary -- With 1999 marking 25 years of the country's first national preserve, Naples Daily News photographer Cameron Gillie and writer Ralf E. "Ted" Kircher set out on foot to learn of the past and present of these Collier County wilds. The pair hiked 40 miles over seven days into territory visited by few humans.

Gliding the Glades  -- Setting out to cross the River of Grass in canoes jury-rigged with sails, five park rangers, one Outward Bound instructor and two journalists undertook a journey completed just a handful of times in a century.

Water in S.W. Florida  -- Southwest Florida's most precious resource is water, yet there are as many factors influencing the natural water supply as there are raindrops in a summer squall. This Naples Daily News special report with the simple-sounding name is an in-depth look at the complex intertwining issues of population growth, development, personal property rights, flood control, agriculture, drinking water supply and a healthy environment.