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Friends of Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
(239) 533-7557
Friends of Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve is a not-for-profit advocacy and support organization committed to preserving, protecting and promoting Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve for future generations through education and community partnerships, working together with Lee County and South Florida Water Management District.
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve is a critical wetland system having positive value in inspiring and educating its visitors about wetlands and their roles in preserving the environment and local quality of life. Friends’ vision is to maintain the Preserve’s positive community influence in perpetuity.
News
Tuesday – Friday
10:00 AM – 4:00 PMSaturday
10:00 AM – 2:00 PMSunday
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The Boardwalk is open from
8:00 A.M. until Sunset
7 Days a week.
The Interpretive Center is now open for visitors. This building is Lee County’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building. The building is a result of a lot of hard work, dedication and commitment from an entire community and the partnerships that have been formed. Please visit to see our “green” building and learn what it means to be “green.”
Wanted! Volunteers to help with the Adopt a Highway trash pickup every third Saturday of the month. Meet at the boardwalk parking lot at 9:00 AM for a fun time helping keep Six Mile Cypress Parkway cleaner!
Directions to the boardwalk at 7751 Penzance Blvd., Fort Myers, Florida
Exit #131 off I-75
Take Daniels Parkway west
Turn right (north) on Six Mile Cypress Parkway
1.5 miles north on the right
For a map, click hereSlough Advocacy Progress
Lee County added 19 acres to the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in Fort Myers. The acquisition was funded by the Conservation 20/20 Program. It is attached to the eastern portion of the preserve just north of Colonial Blvd. This acquisition will facilitate management.
The greatest environmental importance of this property is that it adds an upland buffer to a portion of the Preserve and retains an undisturbed sheet flow area that allows the Slough’s flow way to expand and contract with the seasons without any man made constrictions like a berm. This property contains a cypress dome, pine flatwoods, wet flatwoods and wet prairie.
Volunteers Needed
Can you help? Ongoing scientific work by the FGCU Inlands Ecology Research Group (IERG) requires a more exact boundary to be drawn for the watershed of the slough. Also, water monitoring is needed for all inputs to the Preserve. There are two ways you can help:
To do field work in the watershed around housing developments and canals and receive FGCU training for the job or
If you have property bordering any water system in the watershed and will allow water and/or amphibian monitoring to occur on your property, call Jeff Key 239-822-6087.
Connections
To view the Fall, 2008 edition of our Connections newsletter,
click here. (.pdf 0.98 Mb)You can also view our archive for past issues.
click here to download free Adobe ReaderGENERAL INFORMATION
Parking Fee
You do not have to pay for admittance to the park. However, your vehicle parking fee of $1 an hour or a maximum of $5.00 per stay is used for maintenance and programming for the preserve.
Guided Walk Schedule
January-March: Daily - 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
May-October: Wednesdays only - 9:30 a.m.
April, November and December: Daily - 9:30 a.m.
Since it takes at least one hour to enjoy the trail, there is no entry one hour prior to the closing times listed above.
Please Note!
Smoking, fishing, jogging, pets, bikes and roller blades are not permitted along the trail.
