CREW Land & Water Trust

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CREW Trust’s mission is to preserve and steward the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed
4 trail systems | 40 miles of trails | Infinite Adventures
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Trail Work Tuesday update! 🛠️The Trail Work team has been hard at work keeping CREW Trust’s 40+ miles of trails clear fo...
06/12/2026

Trail Work Tuesday update! 🛠️

The Trail Work team has been hard at work keeping CREW Trust’s 40+ miles of trails clear for visitors and wildlife alike! 🐾

This past week, the team headed down to CREW Bird Rookery Swamp Trail to trim the loop! 🌿

While the parking lot remains closed due to renovations, the loop is open via the Purple Trail at CREW Flint Pen Strand Trails!

Thank you to our amazing Trail Work team for all your hard work! 🥳

👉 Interested in volunteering? Email [email protected] to get started today!

📸: CREW Trust staff

Join us for a lecture and hands-on activity on owls, the amazing birds that command the night sky! 🦉Get ready to become ...
06/11/2026

Join us for a lecture and hands-on activity on owls, the amazing birds that command the night sky! 🦉

Get ready to become an ornithologist as we study the remarkable adaptations of owls and take a deeper look at the contents of their diet through a hands-on pellet dissection! 🔍

🗓️ Wednesday, July 22nd
🕐 Light refreshments: 5:30 - 6:00 PM
🕐 Lecture: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
📍 Bonita Springs Estero Realtor

🎟️ For tickets and more info, visit the link in our bio or crewtrust.eventbrite.com

If you love exploring the CREW trails, this opportunity is for you!We are nearing the end of our 2026-2027 CREW Trails S...
06/05/2026

If you love exploring the CREW trails, this opportunity is for you!

We are nearing the end of our 2026-2027 CREW Trails Sponsorship campaign but we’re still about $10,000 short of our fundraising goal.

This annual fundraiser helps ensure CREW Trust’s staff and volunteers are equipped and resourced to maintain CREW’s four different trail systems – more than 44 miles of mixed-use trails that provide endless opportunities for outdoor exploration for visitors of all ages, interests and abilities.

When visitors to any of CREW’s 14 different trails in Lee and Collier counties see your name or logo on the CREW Trails Sponsor signs located at all six of our trailhead locations, they’ll know you care deeply about protecting places where wild things still roam, waters run clean, and where people can still find peace in nature.

We’d love to have your support as a CREW Trails Sponsor for 2026-2027. If you’re interested, you can contact [email protected] to learn more, or simply send in the registration form or register online at https://crewtrust.org/donate/

06/05/2026

Day or night, the CREW trails are bustling with activity! 😍

Today is and we’re celebrating by showcasing just a small fraction of the many wildlife species that call CREW home! 💚

Featured wildlife include:
🪶 Great blue heron
🐾 Florida black bear
🐾 Florida panther
🪶 Black-crowned night heron
🦌 White-tailed deer

To help protect CREW and all who call it home, consider making a donation at CREWTrust.org today! 💚

🎥: CREW Trust staff

Amanda Adams, a local forager and Florida Master Naturalist, gave a phenomenal kickoff presentation for our summer lectu...
06/04/2026

Amanda Adams, a local forager and Florida Master Naturalist, gave a phenomenal kickoff presentation for our summer lecture series on the best edible and medicinal plants here in SWFL! 🌿

From teas to salves to salads, Amanda discussed the many ways the plants we may often think of as weeds can be used to benefit both humans and wildlife alike! 🌸

Thank you to our participants for joining, to the Bonita Springs Public Library for hosting, and to Amanda for kicking off our summer series with a flourish! 🥳
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👉 Ready for more? Our next lecture will focus on the protectors of water quality and take place next Wed, June 10 from 6:30-8:00 PM! Tickets are available at crewtrust.eventbrite.com

06/04/2026

It’s always a great day to get out and explore CREW! 🌿🥾💚

Your June trail conditions are here! 🌿📍 CREW Bird Rookery Swamp TrailThe parking lot and boardwalk are CLOSED until late...
05/29/2026

Your June trail conditions are here! 🌿

📍 CREW Bird Rookery Swamp Trail
The parking lot and boardwalk are CLOSED until late 2026 for boardwalk replacement, parking lot expansion, and restroom installation projects. The Bird Rookery Loop and trail east of the boardwalk remain OPEN for access from the Purple Trail at CREW Flint Pen Strand Trails. The Purple Trail is a 6 mile loop, and the Purple Trail plus the Bird Rookery Loop are 13.75 miles round trip. Bird Rookery Loop is dry and will be mowed the first week of June. Alligators are present

📍CREW Cypress Dome Trails
Trails are dry and mowed, but they may have temporary puddles after rainfall. The White Trail, popash slough, and cypress dome are all dry, but they will begin to fill as the rains steadily return. The Cypress Dome Trails campsite is dry and open for reservations. For more info, visit crewtrust.org/camping/

📍CREW Flint Pen Strand Trails
All trails are dry and mowed, but they may have temporary puddles after rainfall. Purple martins are nesting in the tower! Please give them space when visiting! The Kehl Oaks campsite is dry and open for reservations. For more info, visit crewtrust.org/camping/

📍CREW Marsh Trails
The trails are dry and mowed, but they may have temporary puddles after rainfall. The brand-new Orange Trail is open for exploration! This fully-marked trail is an offshoot of the Red Trail, is on the trail maps, and is available on AllTrails! The Marsh Trails campsite is dry and open for reservations. For more info, visit crewtrust.org/camping/
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👀 See something amiss on the trails? Email [email protected] to report trail conditions!
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⚒️ Interested in helping maintain our 40+ miles of trails? Email [email protected] to start your volunteer journey today!

June summer lectures! 💧🍄Cool off during the summer heat at our indoor lectures led by local experts on a variety of topi...
05/28/2026

June summer lectures! 💧🍄

Cool off during the summer heat at our indoor lectures led by local experts on a variety of topics related to the CREW lands

June’s upcoming lectures:
💧 Water Quality Protectors in South Florida
🗓️ Wed, June 10, 6:30-8 PM
📍 Estero Recreation Center

🍄 The World of Mycology
🗓️ Tues, June 30, 5:30-7 PM
📍 Bonita Springs Estero Realtors

Additional upcoming summer lectures:
🦉 Owl Pellet Dissection
🗓️ Wed, July 22, 5:30-7 PM
📍 Bonita Springs Estero Realtors

🔥 Fire in Florida
🗓️ Wed, Aug 5, 3:30-5 PM
📍 Estero Recreation Center

🐊 Life as an Alligator Biologist
🗓️ Thurs, Aug 20, 10:30 AM-12 PM
📍 Estero Recreation Center

🌼 Nature; Medicine for the Mind
🗓️ Sat, Sep 12, 10:30 AM-12 PM
📍 Estero Recreation Center

🎟️ For tickets and more info, visit the link in our bio or crewtrust.eventbrite.com

Happy World Otter Day! 🦦🥳North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) are medium-sized, semiaquatic mammals with a th...
05/27/2026

Happy World Otter Day! 🦦🥳

North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) are medium-sized, semiaquatic mammals with a thick coat of brown fur and sharp claws and teeth!

These voracious carnivores are often seen in family groups and can be found fishing in freshwater canals, rivers, and lakes year-round across FL, including at all 4 CREW trail systems 💧

These native weasels might look cute, but they’ve been known to bite! Their diet of choice is crayfish and fish, but they’re quick to defend themselves when approached!

Be sure to always give CREW wildlife plenty of space when out on the trails! ⚠️

📸: Martin Chavez ()

Education update! 🌟Our Education Team just completed another fantastic semester of Soil ROCKS!, our spring field trip to...
05/26/2026

Education update! 🌟

Our Education Team just completed another fantastic semester of Soil ROCKS!, our spring field trip to CREW for 2nd graders! 🌿

During the field trip, students become “soil scientists” for the day as they investigate the soils of 3 CREW habitats, as well as completing a species scavenger hunt and a skull identification activity. Not your average day in the classroom!

This spring, 513 students attended 15 field trips to the CREW trails for Soil Rocks! This brings our total for the 2025-26 field trip season to 26 field trips and 884 students! What a great season! 🥳
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Both Soil ROCKS! and our fall field trip, Walk through a Watershed, are available at no cost to the schools thanks to the generous patronage of our CREW Trust members and sponsors! 💚

🔗 To support our programming, visit crewtrust.org to become a member today!

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