DDWS reports on refuge programming and more

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REFUGE/DDWS Most of the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge's free Winter Programs will take place or start at The Roost outside of the Visitor & Education Center.

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REFUGE/DDWS Free Winter Programs will take place from now through April 5 at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel.

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REFUGE/DDWS The 13th annual “Ding” Darling & Doc Ford's Tarpon Tournament is set for May 9.

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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:

– A Community Meeting about prescribed burns on the island will be held on March 27 at 11:30 a.m. at the Sanibel Island Recreation Center, at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel.

– The refuge’s free Winter Programs will run from now through April 5. They range from birding walks, a nature photography workshop and shelling walks, to lessons about manatees, gators and crocs, and Microscopic Marvels in the auditorium. No registration is required, but space is limited.

– The “Ding” Darling Day Conservation Carnival is 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.