9th Annual Southwest Florida Nature Festival hosted by Rookery Bay

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The 9th Annual Southwest Florida Nature Festival is January18-20, 2013 and celebrates the local coastal environment through almost 40guided field trips to over 20 wildlife hot spots around Southwest Florida,on-the-water adventures plus on-site activities at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center. The fee-basedfield trips are offered in conjunction with partners including Naples Botanical Garden, Corkscrew SwampSanctuary, Big Cypress National Preserve and Conservancy of Southwest Florida.From noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, January 19, 2013, four guest lecturers willmake one-hour presentations. Award-winning Filmmaker Elam Stoltzfus will showbehind-the-scenes video and photos while discussing the Florida WildlifeCorridor Expedition, a 1,000-mile expedition over a 100-day period from Januarythrough April 2012 that increased public awareness of and generated support forthe Florida Wildlife Corridor project. Bear biologist Joe Guthrie,conservationist Mallory Dimmitt, photojournalist Carlton Ward Jr. and Stoltzfusmade the trek from Everglades National Park to the Okefenokee NationalWildlife Refuge in southern Georgia. Admission is $10 foradults and $5 for children 12 and under and includes entrance to the fourafternoon feature presentations. For more information, contact Rookery Bay at (239) 417-6310.