Shired Island Park will be closed to the public May 3rd-4th-5th 2013.
This closure is necessary to support the
Dixie Airboat Adventures/Handicap Fishing Tournament.
Park will reopen May 6, 2013
April 17, 2013
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Log Landing WMA
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Covering 5,048 acres Log Landing WMA is available for deer, hog, turkey, and small game hunting. Log Landing is part of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) program.
For more information about WMAs, contact the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at 386.758.0525 to request its annual hunting handbook or stop by your local tax collector’s office to pick up a copy.
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Originally posted 2012-09-23 22:32:43. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Sandfly Creek Paddle
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Originally posted 2012-09-24 10:56:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Lock Creek Paddling Trail
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April 3, 2013
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Suwannee
Secluded at the heart of the beautiful and wild Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, this unique small community overlooks the river, salt and fresh water creeks and man-made canals. Experience nature at its untouched best while enjoying our waterfront accommodation, great seafood or down-home restaurants, marinas and expert fishing guides.
An unparalleled area of diverse natural environments, the wild and scenic estuary forms a natural blending zone for its marine and freshwater habitats and a division between the temperate and neo-tropical regions of the Gulf coast. The river mouth opens to a scenic vista of tidal marshes dotted with small coastal islands, an area of shallow waters or “flats” and oyster bars teaming with fish. Natural salt marches and tidal flats attract thousands of shorebirds while acting as a nursery for fish, shrimp and shellfish.
One of the largest undeveloped delta-estuarine systems in the United States, the area is protected by the 52,935-acre Lower Suwannee Wildlife Refuge. The refuge was established in 1979 and covers both sides of the Suwannee River upriver for almost fifteen miles and 26 miles of Gulf habitat. The overall goal of the refuge is to provide optimum conditions to manage and protect the natural heritage of the area, while giving as much public access as possible.
Originally posted 2012-09-21 22:37:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
April 3, 2013
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Dive Historic Wreck in the Suwannee
City of Hawkinsville Preserve – Suwannee River, Florida
If you spend any time at all roaming along Florida’s famed Suwannee River, it does not take long to begin hearing stories of the City of Hawkinsville. The boat’s wreck lies in the middle of the river just above the U.S. 90 Bridge in Dixie County.
Some say the City of Hawkinsville was a Union gunboat that invaded the Suwannee River only to be sunk by Confederate fire from old Fort Fanning at Fanning Springs. Other say that she was a Confederate blockade runner, destroyed by her own captain to keep her from being captured by the U.S. Navy.
The latter story appears to confuse the boat with another wreck downstream, but the gunboat tale is nothing more than legend.
In fact, the City of Hawkinsville was a paddlewheel steamboat abandoned by her captain in 1922 during the dying days of the riverboat era in Florida. Built in 1886, the 141- foot long, 30-foot wide sternwheeler had served a remarkably long career (38 years) for a steamboat. Few could boast of service anywhere near that long and the earliest ones to ply Florida’s rivers and creeks rarely lasted longer than four or five years.
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Shired Creek Paddle Trail
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April 3, 2013
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Florida Historical Markers: Old Town
Location:U.S. Highway 19
County: Dixie
City: Old Town
Description: Inhabited by the Upper Creeks, Old Town, often called Suwanee Old Town, was one of the largest Indian villages in northern Florida. In Andrew Jackson’s punitive expedition into Florida in April, 1818, Old Town was captured. Most of the renegade Indians escaped, but Jackson caught Robert Armbister, a British subject, who was tried and executed for aiding the Creeks in border raids into Georgia. This produced tension between the United States and Great Britain.
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Lock Shingle Creek Paddling Trail
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April 3, 2013
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Great Florida Birding Trail
Like to go birding? If so, the Great Florida Birding Trail is for you. Approximately 2,000 miles of trails exist from the Florida panhandle all the way to the Keys. Trails are located on public lands where you may enjoy the sites and sounds of nature along the self-guided routes.
Don’t know your way around to the sites? No problem. There are four guide books that provide detailed directions, maps, and habitat type of the lands within the birding trail system. Download the West Florida guide book (PDF, 2.95MB), which covers much of the north-central area of the state or visit the Great Florida Birding Trail website to learn more about this exciting and beautiful resource.
Originally posted 2012-09-23 22:55:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter