Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuay

Map showing location of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is located northeast of Naples, Florida. It is owned and operated by the National Audubon Society. The Sanctuary’s 11,000 acres are within the Big Cypress Swamp and they contain the country’s largest remaining stand of 400 to 700 year-old virgin bald cypresses.
 

A two-mile long boardwalk passes through the sanctuary and through distinct environmental areas including pinelands, freshwater marshes and wet prairie, cypress swamps and hardwood hammocks.
The Sanctuary is the largest remaining breeding ground for the endangered wood stork. Low, winter water levels with fish laden water holes signal the storks to begin nesting as they now have enough food to raise their young. When water management practices delay the winter drying season, the storks begin nesting later thus when the spring rains disperse the fish, the storks prematurely abandon their nests and young.
For more information, please visit the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary virtual nature walk.
Walk with us along the two-mile long boardwalk with us and experience the tranquility of the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

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