FWC is looking for volunteers to take over the care and maintenance of their official geocaches! Stay involved in one of your favorite outdoor activities and find opportunities to help out FWC and learn about what goes into fish and wildlife management. Contact me or visit http://myfwc.com/get-involved/volunteer/
This geocache was part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Wildlife Management Area System in 2017. There are 49 geocaches hidden on WMAs across Florida, from the panhandle to the Keys. See if you can find them all!
For more information on Okaloacoochee Slough (OK Slough) WMA visit http://myfwc.com/viewing/recreation/wmas/lead/okaloacoochee-slough/. You can also see a calendar of hunt dates on this site. This geocache is on the FWC-managed portion of OK Slough as opposed to the OK Slough State Forest which is also managed as a WMA.
There is a long drive down a limerock road to get to the geocache area but it is well worth the trip. OK Slough WMA features wetlands that attract wading birds such as the glossy ibis, wood stork, herons and egrets. Pine flatwoods are home to the eastern indigo snake, Bachman’s sparrow and a variety of warblers and woodpeckers. Sandhill cranes and northern harriers use the area’s wet prairies. Watch for crested caracaras year-round, and swallow-tailed kites in the spring and summer. White-tailed deer, wild turkey, otter, bobcat and raccoon also occur here. The WMA also provides important habitat for the elusive Florida panther.