Holidays hours for refuge, TBE and more
The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Visitor & Education Center, Refuge Nature Store, Bailey Tract, and refuge and “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) offices will be closed on Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. Wildlife Drive and Tarpon Bay Explorers (TBE) will remain open. The gate times for Wildlife Drive are 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily, but closed on Fridays. The refuge is at 1 Wildlife Drive, Sanibel. TBE is at 900 Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel.