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Photo Diary: Disney/Nature Conservancy Wilderness Preserve, Kissimmee FL [1]
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Date: 2023-04-22
When Disney built its resort park in Florida back in the 70s, it was legally obligated to replace the wetland habitat it destroyed with an equal amount somewhere else. To meet that obligation, the company bought a 9,000-acre tract of wetland near Lake Russell and donated it to the Nature Conservancy. Now it is a nature preserve that is free to the public.
Some photos from a visit.
For those who don't know, I live in a converted campervan and travel around the country, posting photo diaries of places that I visit. I am currently wintering in Florida.
Visitors Center
Much of the habitat is cordgrass prairie
And much is pine/palmetto scrub
The palmettos are growing back after a prescribed burn
One of several ponds and lakes
Water Lilies
There are about 6 miles of hiking paths
Pollinators on a thistle
These were a long way off, but they look like Wood Storks
Lake Russell
Broken eggshell from a turtle nest that was dug up by an Armadillo
Endangered Longleaf Pine seedlings, planted as a restoration project
Blanket Flower
A pair of Sandhill Cranes
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