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 L. Kirk Edwards WEA visit http://myfwc.com/viewing/recreation/wmas/lead/l-kirk-edwards/. You can also see a calendar of hunt dates on this site.
Forested uplands within the WEA and its extensive swamps and marshes help to recharge the groundwater and cleanse the surface water that flows into the Lake Lafayette system and the upper St. Marks River. Numerous sinkholes attest to the connection between uplands and the Floridan aquifer, the source of drinking water in the region. The wetlands also provide valuable nesting habitat for wood ducks and other waterfowl and a variety of wading birds, including the threatened wood stork. Within the cypress swamp, some trees are over a century old.