The CREW Cypress Dome Trails (also known as Gate 5) offer six miles of well-marked loop trails through pine flatwoods, oak hammocks, wet prairie, popash slough, and two beautiful cypress domes.
Multiple Lee County fire departments contain 35-acre brush fire off Corkscrew Road
Units from multiple fire departments in Lee County had a 35-acre brush fire off Corkscrew Road 100% contained Wednesday afternoon.
An official with lead department Estero Fire Rescue said the fire was burning an area containing medium fuel and moving west.
No homes or structures were threatened by the fire and no injuries were reported, according to an Estero Fire Rescue Facebook post.
The cause is under investigation and crews remained on scene about 5 p.m. to check for hot spots.
Weather.com reports 9 mph winds about 4 p.m.
They re acrobatic magicians, raptors that hunt, eat and live mostly on the wing.
Known for their aerial grace and their ability to snatch shifty prey out of the air, swallow-tailed kites spend much of the fall and winter in South America but come here to Florida in February or March for breeding season.
They re here now and will be gliding, swooping, flipping and twisting overhead for the next six months. The toy that we fly on a string is named after these birds, said Paul Gray, biologist with Audubon Florida. The swallow-tailed kite is a world-class bird the black and white striking colors and the grace with which they fly through the air.