Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest

USA / Florida / Immokalee / County Road 832, 6265
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The Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest encompasses nearly 35,000 acres in Collier and Hendry counties on CR 832, about 3.5 miles from SR 29 between LaBelle and Immokalee. Although a cooperator on the majority of this area, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is the lead management agency on close to 3,000 acres. The slough itself extends northward to the Caloosahatchee River and southward about 50 miles into the Big Cypress Swamp. The Wildlife Management Area, with its diverse natural communities — slough, marsh, cypress, wet prairie, pine flatwoods, oak hammocks, and oak-palm hammocks — provides important habitat for the endangered Florida panther and the crested caracara.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okaloacoochee_Slough_State_Forest
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Coordinates:   26°34'0"N   81°18'43"W
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