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 Babcock/Webb WMA visit http://myfwc.com/viewing/recreation/wmas/lead/fred-babcockwebb/. You can also see a calendar of hunt dates on this site.
There is a daily use fee to access the area if you do not have a Wildlife Management Area Permit or a Sportsman’s, Lifetime or disabled person’s license.
Babcock/Webb WMA is the first WMA in Florida and the reason for the 75th WMA Anniversary celebration this year.
A birding hot spot in southwest Florida, Babcock/Webb WMA is home to numerous resident and migratory, birds including the peregrine falcon, bald eagle, wood stork, wild turkey, Bachman’s sparrow, burrowing owl and brown-headed nuthatch. A variety of warblers are common during the winter. This area is a stronghold of the eastern bluebird and many other birds whose habitat has been lost to development. Babcock/Webb WMA’s open stands of slash pine flatwoods are home to colonies of the federally listed endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. Their cavity trees are marked with a white-painted ring. Other highlights of this property include American and least bitterns, king rail, sedge wren and many more. The geocache is located along Webb Lake Road.