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A panther in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. The Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located in southwestern Florida, twenty miles east of Naples, in the upper segment of the Fakahatchee Strand of the Big Cypress Swamp. It is north of I-75 and west of SR 29.
The Caloosahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System, located on the Caloosahatchee River, beneath the I-75 Caloosahatchee Bridge, within the city of North Fort Myers. The 40-acre (160,000 m 2) refuge was established on January 1, 1921. It is administered as part of the J. N. "Ding" Darling ...
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a National Audubon Society sanctuary located in southwest Florida, north of Naples, Florida and east of Bonita Springs, in the United States.The sanctuary was established to protect one of the largest remaining stands of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and pond cypress (T. ascendens) in North America from extensive logging that was ongoing throughout the 1940s ...
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter and Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) Carteret County: NC 1964 14,480 acres (58.6 km 2) [318] Currituck National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the North Carolina Coastal Plain National Wildlife Refuge Complex) Currituck County: NC 1984 8,316 acres (33.65 km 2 ...
The mission of the refuge system is "To administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of the present and future generations of Americans" (National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997).
Lovers Key State Park is a 712-acre (2.88 km 2) Florida State Park located on Lover's Key and three other barrier islands—Black Island, Inner and Long Key. It is at 8700 Estero Blvd., Fort Myers Beach, between Big Carlos Pass and New Pass and 10.5 miles (16.9 km) west of Interstate 75 on exit 116.
Wildlife viewing on this Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail site is popular year-round, with many specialty birds found on the property. [4] Over 40 miles of unpaved roads are used by hikers, horseback riders, and bicyclists. Camping is permitted at two primitive campsites. [5]
[7] [8] [10] Three Sisters Springs became "a protected, national wildlife refuge" managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; [11] it is co-owned by the District and the City of Crystal River. [1] The springs were initially only accessible by boat. [7] Following the purchase, a boardwalk around the springs and trolley to the location were ...