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The park is unique in connecting to Lake Griffin, the Ocklawaha River and thence to the Harris Chain of Lakes, and is made up of 577.63 acres (2.33758 km 2) of swampland and hardwood upland. Activities include boating and canoeing, kayaking, hiking, fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing.
Lake Griffin Farms is advertised as 'a 516-plus-acre oasis.' But local residents worry about wildlife displacement if the land is developed.
Gulf Islands National Seashore map. Gulf Islands National Seashore is an American National seashore that offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi.
The Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge is located in Southwest Florida in Collier County, between Marco Island and Everglades City, Florida.The refuge was first established in 1996 and covers 35,000 acres of the Ten Thousand Islands.
The Stephen Phillips Memorial Preserve is land and islands on Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Maine. Extending over 6,000 acres, it is one of the largest protected wilderness areas in the state. The Preserve was created in 1963 as a means of protecting the natural beauty of the land, while maintaining accessibility to the public.
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Puddin' Head Lake is currently being drained to restore the landscape to its original state as a steephead stream. The park's Sand Pine (Pinus clausa) forest has large, mature Sand Pines towering over other scrub vegetation, such as Florida Rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides), Reindeer Moss (Cladonia spp.), and scrub oaks: sand live oak (Quercus geminata), sandhill oak (Quercus inopina), myrtle oak ...
The Emeralda Marsh Conservation Area (EMCA) is a 7,089-acre (28.69 km 2) U.S. conservation area administered by the St. Johns River Water Management District in Florida.It is to the east of the Lake Griffin State Park, and covers parts of Lake and Marion counties.