Florida Wildernesses

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 70
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=341
Wilderness | Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness
State | FL
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 4/3/2015
WID | 341
Abbreviated Name | Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas
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Description | All life in the Everglades hangs by a wet thread — the fresh water required to sustain the vast and varied species, threatened by human intervention. The thread is growing weaker all the time. This...
Agency | NPS
joinerID | 341NPS
Designated | 1978
ORIG_FID | 39357

Island Bay Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 111
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=267
Wilderness | Island Bay Wilderness
State | FL
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 267
Abbreviated Name | Island_Bay
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/island_bay.jpg
Acreage | 20
Description | The tangled masses of roots stemming from mangrove trees often intertwine to form islands, a haven for pelicans, herons, and egrets. The four small mangrove islands and two small mangrove points were given...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 267FWS
Designated | 1970
ORIG_FID | 41357

Pelican Island Wilderness
OBJECTID_1 | 112
Website | https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=448
Wilderness | Pelican Island Wilderness
State | FL
Comment | <Null>
Date of Last Update | 2/25/2019
WID | 448
Abbreviated Name | Pelican_Island
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/pelican_island.jpg
Acreage | 5
Description | President Theodore Roosevelt set aside tiny Pelican Island as a bird haven on March 14, 1903, ordering the first federal land dedication to wildlife and thus creating the National Wildlife Refuge System....
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 448FWS
Designated | 1970
ORIG_FID | 41358

Cedar Keys Wilderness
Wilderness | Cedar Keys Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Cedar_Keys
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/CedarKeys.jpg
Acreage | 379
Description | Twelve keys that have been earmarked as protected breeding grounds for colonial birds make up Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge. The four outermost islands have been designated as Wilderness: Seahorse...
Agency | FWS
joinerID | 108FWS

Passage Key Wilderness
Wilderness | Passage Key Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Passage_Key
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/PassageKey.jpg
Description | A violent hurricane swept through this area in 1920, transforming Passage Key, a mangrove island containing a freshwater lake, into a meandering, slightly vegetated sandbar. Situated within one of three...

Chassahowitzka Wilderness
Wilderness | Chassahowitzka Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Chassahowitzka
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/chassahow.jpg
Description | In the language of the Seminole Indians, Chassahowitzka means "Hanging Pumpkin," although no one seems to remember just how this region earned that moniker. Regardless, Chassahowitzka National Wildlife...

J.N. "Ding" Darling Wilderness
Wilderness | J.N. "Ding" Darling Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | JN_Ding_Darling
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/JNDingDarling.jpg
Description | The northern portion of the 6,400-acre refuge is a mass of mangrove islands designated as J. N. "Ding" Darling Wilderness. Here, you can expect summer temperatures in the 90s and winter temperatures in...

St. Marks Wilderness
Wilderness | St. Marks Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | St_Marks
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/StMarks.jpg
Description | Located along the Gulf coast of the Panhandle of Florida, 25 miles south of Tallahassee, the state capitol, St. Marks Wilderness makes up a portion of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The diverse habitat...

Lake Woodruff Wilderness
Wilderness | Lake Woodruff Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Lake_Woodruff
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LakeWoodruff.jpg
Description | The Native Americans who once lived here harvested the rich food supply and left behind mounds, middens, and artifacts dating back 10,000 years. The native population began to dwindle after the Spanish...

Florida Keys Wilderness
Wilderness | Florida Keys Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Florida_Keys
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/FloridaKeys.jpg
Description | Florida Keys Wilderness consists of many islands off shore of the main chain of non-Wilderness Keys that are bisected by US 1. These islands are administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service as part of...

Alexander Springs Wilderness
Wilderness | Alexander Springs Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Alexander_Springs
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/alexander.jpg
Description | The 7,941-acre Alexander Springs Wilderness is one of four designated Wildernesses in the Ocala National Forest of central Florida. To the north and southeast, it borders the Lake Woodruff Wilderness....
Agency | FS
joinerID | 6FS

Big Gum Swamp Wilderness
Wilderness | Big Gum Swamp Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Big_Gum_Swamp
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BigGumSwamp.jpg
Description | This large, nearly level area consists primarily of a poorly drained to very poorly drained freshwater swamp of cypress and gum. The surface is a thick, spongy mat of organic material, sluggishly cut by...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 39FS

Billies Bay Wilderness
Wilderness | Billies Bay Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Billies_Bay
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BilliesBay.jpg
Description | Floridians often refer to swamps as "bays," hence the name of this marshy Wilderness. Two-thirds of the area is a hardwood swamp of red maple, bay, loblolly pine, slash pine, sweet gum, and cabbage palm;...
Agency | FS
joinerID | 48FS

Bradwell Bay Wilderness
Wilderness | Bradwell Bay Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Bradwell_Bay
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/BradwellBay.jpg
Description | A swamp thick with titi trees, distinguished by their leathery leaves and fragrant white flowers, dominates the second largest Wilderness in Florida. Here, you'll also find a swampland of hardwoods or...

Juniper Prairie Wilderness
Wilderness | Juniper Prairie Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Juniper_Prairie
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/JuniperPrairie.jpg
Description | Not only does this Wilderness cover more ground than any other in Ocala National Forest, it also contains the most diverse ecosystems. An eight-mile stretch of the north-south Florida National Scenic Trail...

Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness
Wilderness | Mud Swamp/New River Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Mud_Swamp_New_River
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/MudSwampNewRiver.jpg
Description | Florida doesn't get any more remote than this: no trails, no old roads, and no people. Most of the area is Mud Swamp, a region of very poorly drained clay-rich soil that holds more water than nearby Bradwell...

Little Lake George Wilderness
Wilderness | Little Lake George Wilderness
Abbreviated Name | Little_Lake_George
Image | https://wilderness.net/images/NWPS/LittleLakeGeorge.jpg
Description | Neither old roads nor new trails cut through this dense hardwood swampland of cypress, ash, cabbage palm, and red maple, made all the more daunting by insects, reptiles, heat, and humidity. Small representations...