REFUGE/DDWS The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge is offering its Free Summer Programs four days a week from now through July 31.

The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge provided the following updates for the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, at 1 Wildlife Drive, Sanibel:

– Refuge staff and volunteers are leading four weekly programs from now through July 31 for the Free Summer Programs. They include a Wildlife Drive Caravan Tour, Restorative Nature Walk, Insect Insanity and Ranger’s Choice; the Beach Walk has been dropped from the schedule.

– Admission to Wildlife Drive will be free on Sept. 28 in observance of National Public Lands Day.

– Oct. 13 will mark the kickoff for National Wildlife Refuge Week and admission fees for Wildlife Drive will be waived for the day.

– In observance of Veterans Day, Wildlife Drive will be fee-free on Nov. 11.

REFUGE/DDWS Take a guided Restorative Nature Walk at the Bailey Tract on Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.

– Photographer-artist Niki Butcher’s “Daydreaming” exhibition kickoff has been postponed until the late fall.

– Wellness in Nature is planned for January.

– Go Wild for “Ding” is set for Feb. 12, with the theme “White Pelicans.”

– The “Ding” Darling Day Conservation Carnival is tentatively scheduled for April 26 at Lakes Park in Fort Myers.

– The 13th annual “Ding” Darling & Doc Ford’s Tarpon Tournament will take place on May 9.