Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge

Public hiking trails free and open to the public from sunrise to sunset seven days a week!

Located 20 miles east of Naples, within the heart of the Big Cypress watershed in Southwest Florida, Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge works to provide optimum habitat conditions for the conservation of its namesake species. Primary goals of the Refuge are to:

o Restore and conserve the natural diversity, abundance, and ecological function of refuge flora and fauna.

o Conduct research, monitoring and evaluations to improve management of flora and fauna on the refuge and within the south Florida ecosystem.

o Develop appropriate and compatible wildlife-dependent recreation and environmental education programs.

o Promote interagency and private landowner cooperation for the protection and management of natural and cultural resources within Southwest Florida.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior