Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Named Gateway Site to Florida Birding Trail

Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary was named the site for the groundbreaking ceremony of the South Florida section of the Great Florida Birding Trail by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This program identifies interesting sites for birdwatchers and will publish the sites in a Birding Trail guide. The new free Trail Guide to the South Florida Section of the trail will be available on January 14, 2006 at the Great Florida Birding Trail Expo at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

The Great Florida Birding Trail is a 2,000 mile highway trail designed to conserve and enhance Florida's bird habitat by promoting birdwatching activities, conservation education and economic opportunity. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary was selected as a premier or "gateway" site because of its extensive services for visitors, from a 2.25 mile boardwalk, to state-of-the-art Blair Audubon Center, and a variety of educational activities, as well as more than 200 species of birds including the largest nesting colony of endangered Wood Storks. For more information about Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, go to http://www.corkscrew.audubon.org