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WEBCREW WEA spans more than 28,000 acres of the 60,000+ acre Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) land acquisition project. CREW straddles Lee and Collier counties and provides natural flood protection, water filtration and vital aquifer recharge.
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WEBJul 15, 2024 — CREW (Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed) is the largest intact watershed in Southwest Florida, straddling Lee and Collier Counties. What does this unique watershed do for Southwest Florida? recharges the groundwater for our drinking water supply. offers natural flood protection. purifies water. provides habitat for wildlife.
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WEBAdditionally, this land is essential to the survival of iconic Florida species like the Florida Panther and Florida Black Bear and wood storks. Approximately 15,500 acres of CREW are located within Lee County in Flint Pen Strand, named after the Flint family who once ran cattle in the area.
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WEBAug 11, 2011 — The CREW project now has four trail systems open to the public, two located off of Corkscrew Road (County Road 850), one off of Bonita Beach Road and one located off of Immokalee Road (see map above). For more information about visiting each of the trails, click the links below.
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)
WEBAug 9, 2024 — The Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) spans more than 60,000 acres in both Lee and Collier counties and provides natural flood protection, water purification and critical aquifer recharge.
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed - Wikipedia
WEBCorkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed ( CREW) is a conservation area in Florida covering more than 60,000 acres in Lee County, Florida and Collier County, Florida. It provides habitat for species including the Florida panther, snail kite, bobcat, and wood stork. Public trails are part of the preserve. [1]
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WEBJul 31, 2020 — Flint Pen Strand and Southern Critical CREW are the Lee County portions of the CREW project, located north of Bonita Beach Road (east of I-75) and south of Corkscrew Road. This portion of CREW currently has no officially marked trails and no recreation facilities, except for a hunter check station located at Poor Man’s Pass.
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WEBCREW is the largest intact watershed in southwest Florida, straddling Lee and Collier Counties. CREW's majestic 5,000-acre sawgrass marsh is the headwaters for the entire watershed which includes the National Audubon Society's famous Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary directly to the south.
Flint Pen Strand | CREW Land and Water Trust – Florida Hikes
WEBWith five trails through an easily-accessed corner of the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed, CREW Flint Pen Strand provides a variety of hikes in a hydrologically important landscape near Estero.
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WEBDec 20, 2023 — The proposed development would add more than 10,000 homes and associated development at the edge of Lee County, next to the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary and Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) – a 60,000-acre preserve that spans the eastern border of Lee and Collier counties.