Conservancy of Southwest Florida

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida is a nonprofit environmental protection organization established 60 years ago to safeguard the water, land, and wildlife in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry, and Glades counties. The 21-acre Nature Center features a collection of indoor and outdoor exhibits and artifacts curated to showcase Southwest Florida’s unique ecosystem. The experience includes the Susan and William Dalton Discovery Center with the John & Carol Walter Discovery Wing, which features invasive species and climate change galleries. The Nature Center is listed as site #69 on the Great Florida Birding Trail and also boasts electric boat tours featuring live flora and fauna along the Gordon River, docent-led visitor programs on topics such as reptiles, birds of prey, oceans, and wildlife injury prevention, and wildlife exhibits.