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REFUGE/DDWS Special guest and seven-time Federal Duck Stamp Contest winner Jim Hautman will make an appearance at the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge's Art in the Wild on Oct. 20-22 on Sanibel.

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REFUGE/DDWS Character reprisors for President Teddy Roosevelt and Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling will be on hand on Oct. 21 to celebrate Darling's 150th birthday.

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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 administrative offices will be closed.

– The Bailey Tract will fully reopen upon boardwalk construction completion by early June.

– The “Ding” Darling Amateur Nature Photography Contest will open on July 15. Submissions will be due by Sept. 15.

– Submissions for the “Ding” Darling-Theodore Cross High School Photo Contest will be open from Oct. 1 through Jan. 15.

– Art will meet nature at Art in the Wild on Oct. 20-22.

– The refuge will celebrate Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling’s 150th birthday on Oct. 21.

– The REVIVE! Trash-To-Fashion Couture Collection Show will be held on Nov. 4.