SCCF Accelerates Re-Greening of Preserves

As part of an effort to speed up the removal of dead vegetation and allow nature to flourish once again, contractors hired by SCCF began debris removal along Sanibel-Captiva Road in preserve lands last Friday.

“Beyond optimizing our preserves as wildlife habitat, we fully understand that our community’s real estate values and tourism-based economy are inextricably linked to our natural beauty,” said SCCF CEO James Evans. “That is why we are accelerating vegetation removal and implementing land management practices to give nature a boost to flourish and re-grow faster.”

The contractors are cutting down and mulching dead vegetation in the most visible sections of preserve lands up to 75 feet back from the road on the six SCCF properties that border San-Cap Road, including:

• Gretchen Valade Preserve
• Pick Preserve
• West Sanibel River Preserve
• Gulf Ridge Preserve
• Erick Lindblad Preserve
• Sanibel Gardens Preserve