Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary's “super” ghost orchid has not only bloomed every year except last since it was discovered, it’s bloomed multiple times some years. And over the years, it bloomed during all 12 months.

The Collier Community Foundation has continued its financial support of Audubon Florida’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, the popular environmental attraction east of Naples, with a $100,000 grant. The foundation’s money is being added to donations from many other individuals, groups, and businesses in the sanctuary’s $20 million renovation effort to transform and expand the aging sanctuary.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary will celebrate the life of Ed Carlson, long-time Audubon warden and Sanctuary manager who died Dec. 9, in a way he would have truly enjoyed.

An encore presentation of Gulf Coast Life featuring Ed Carlson, the long-time warden of Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary (he retired in 2012). Carlson died on Dec. 9.

Cameratta Companies held the official ceremony on Thursday for Kingston, which years from now will have roughly 10,000 residences and 700,0000 square feet of commercial space. Kingston is currently facing legal challenge

By 2040, Florida’s public water needs are expected to increase by 22%, and analysts conclude that there is not enough groundwater to meet these needs, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Florida’s freshwater resources come from underground aquifers, which are large bodies of porous rock and sand that hold water.

Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a destination for the environmentally excitable whether to see the super ghost orchid in bloom or the ancent bald cypress trees. This month the sanctuary's endless fields of sunflowers are in bloom.

A Fort Myers woman suffered bites to her arm and leg Sunday after wildlife officials said she had an encounter with an alligator while walking along a submerged area in the CREW Bird Rookery Swamp Trails in Collier County.The gator was later trapped and removed from the area.

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a highly popular attraction located in the Western Everglades, straddling the line between the eastern portions of Lee and Collier counties, and will stay open late August 7, 2025.

The South Florida Water Management District plans to conduct a 40-acre prescribed burn in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Management Area in Lee County today. The burn unit is in the CREW Management Area and is approximately 5 miles south of SR 82 and 1.5 miles east of Corkscrew Road.