Fort Myers & Sanibel/Lee County Traveler's Guide 2008 - (Page 28) ®® T H E N AT U R A L W O R L D oh, the places you’ll go! Mexico respectively. And coastal habitats, with their diversity of life able to straddle ee County is made up of brackish-to-saltwater ecosystems, are on 804 square miles, much view at Matanzas Pass Park, Lovers Key of it as-yet undeveloped. State Park and Four Mile Cove Ecological Through the foresight of Preserve. Apart from regional, state and early pioneers and national parks, there are conservation diligent conservagroups, rehabilitation centers and oldtionists in the recent past, vast time Florida attractions where visitors tracts of land have been set aside so visi- can be sure to encounter some of Lee tors and locals alike can learn about the County’s elusive wildlife – albeit in flora and fauna that support its circle of captivity. These include Calusa Nature life. Uplands areas, characterized by Center and Planetarium, SCCF (Sanibelridges and higher-than-coastal elevations, Captiva Conservation Foundation), are preserved in areas such as Everglades Wonder Gardens and The Caloosahatchee Shell Factory’s Nature Regional Park and Park & Botanical pay attention Hickey’s Creek Garden. Budget-conMitigation Area. scious visitors will be to the rhythms Inland waterways glad to know that of the sun, come alive at many of the governKoreshan State ment-run parks are sea, moon Historic Site, Manatee free or require a nomand stars Park, Lakes Regional inal (usually $5 or Park and Rotary Park. less per vehicle) fee, Slow-moving watersheds, including Six and parking is free or metered (usually Mile Cypress Slough Preserve (actually not more than $5 daily, except on nine miles long) and Audubon Sanibel where it’s $2 per hour). Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, sport Boardwalks and guided boat tours at unique systems that cleanse waters on natural attractions increase accessibility their way to Estero Bay and the Gulf of for those with disabilities. L {} Eastern side of Blind Pass heading out to Pine Island Sound PAGE 28
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