Savannas Preserve State Park
Looking at the wooden canoe launch, from the ramp that leads to it. Marsh and sawgrass in background.
Park ranger, in yellow burn gear, administers a drip torch to a thick line of saw palmettos. A foot high row of flames burns to his right.
A gopher tortoise burrow - identifiable by the semi-circular entryway made by the tortoise's shell - is surrounded by white sand, ferns, vines and asters.
Grasses poke out of an expanse of shallow marsh water. The water runs to a line of sand pines on the horizon.
In this closeup, the alligator is well-camouflaged, appearing as a dark floating log. Grasses and shrubs in foreground.
A sidewalk curves around the parking lot to the sprawling yellow building that is the Education Center. Hollies and pines surround the wraparound porch.
This picture is taken from the Yellow Trail bridge, which spans nearly the length of the photograph. Surrounded by slash pines and broom sedge.
The bright white sand that characterizes the scrub ridge creates a striking path through scrub oak and other green and brown shrubs.
Great blue heron struts through center of photo, wings tucked and one leg comically held forward. Shallow water with lilies, grass in background.
Looking at the wooden canoe launch, from the ramp that leads to it. Marsh and sawgrass in background.
