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Panther #20 - History of Flint Pen #14 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/29/2021
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Question - In what year was the Save Our Rivers program established?


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In 1981, the Florida Legislature established the Save Our Rivers program to acquire environmentally sensitive land. Once acquired, the lands were to be managed in an environmentally acceptable manner and restored to their natural state.

The National Audubon Society and The Conservancy of Southwest Florida nominated Bird Rookery Swamp for acquisition under the SOR Program in 1986. Lee County proposed SOR acquisition of Flint Pen the following year. In 1989 Bird Rookery Swamp and the Flint Pen Strand were combined and additional land was added to the proposed acquisition project. The larger project was given the name Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, or CREW. CREW was added to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP’s) Conservation and Recreation Lands (CARL) list in 1990.

The project area currently encompasses approximately 63,063 acres in Lee and Collier Counties and is divided into four large units. These units, named after major natural flow ways, strand swamps and marshes in southwest Florida, consist of Bird Rookery Swamp, Corkscrew Marsh, Flint Pen Strand and Camp Keais Strand. The National Audubon Society's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is located in the center of the CREW project area, but is owned and managed by the Audubon Society as a separate management area.

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