Boardwalk over Wetland 5

The boardwalk over Wetland 5 takes you out over an open-water lake, which was dug out and left over from phosphate mining operations in the early-mid 1900s. The lake is now home to alligators, turtles, fish, and a variety of wading birds. Using the boardwalk's binoculars will give you a great view of the spoil islands, where Federally Threatened wood storks raise their young in the spring.