SCCF launches new land acquisition campaign
By SCCF - | Mar 10, 2021
SCCF
For more than two decades, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation members have seen yellow ropes go up along property borders to signal that a new land acquisition campaign is launching.
The SCCF’s 2021 acquisition target? A 12-plus acre parcel featuring wetland habitat extending 1,800 feet back from Periwinkle Way to the freshwater river known locally as the Sanibel Slough, officials reported. Look for the bright yellow rope on the south side of Periwinkle between Purdy Drive and Martha’s Lane.
The property, dubbed Periwinkle Wetlands during the fundraising campaign, is home to more than 40 different animal species, countless invertebrates and hundreds of different native plants. Alligators, river otters and bobcats are among the wildlife that has been observed in the interior acreage.