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The “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) provided the following updates for the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, at 1 Wildlife Drive, Sanibel: - Wildlife Drive admission is fee-free on Memorial Day, May 25. The Visitor & Education Center and ...

SPD releases monthly numbers

As part of its recent The Sanibel Community Safety Update, the Sanibel Police Department (SPD) released “Island Safety By The Numbers” for the month of April. The numbers are as follows: - Traffic stops: 433 - Traffic citations issued: 99 - Traffic warnings issued: 347 - Traffic ...

Registration is open for the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife's (CROW) 2026 Conservation Summer Camp, a program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade focused on wildlife, conservation and applied science learning. It gives campers an up-close look at Southwest Florida ...

Enhanced island gopher tortoise habitat

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) recently celebrated the successful wrap-up of the first year of its Gopher Tortoise Habitat Enhancement Project. “After a super successful fall and winter, our main gopher tortoise habitat enhancement project is looking amazing,” it ...

Sanibel FlyFishers to hold event

The Sanibel FlyFishers will hold a Fly Tying Night on May 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sanibel Fly Outfitters, at 2240 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. It will be a general session for tying and talking, with pizza available. Those with vises, tools and materials are asked to bring them. The event is ...

With the arrival of spring, shorebirds are nesting. The bulk of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's (SCCF) shorebird program is focused on snowy plovers, but it also looks into the more elusive Wilson's plovers — birds that have not nested on Sanibel or Captiva in nearly five ...