{"id":330693,"date":"2026-07-06T14:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330693\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T14:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T14:18:09","slug":"sanibel-captiva-conservation-foundation-schedules-20-acre-prescribed-burn-on-wednesday-wgcu-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330693\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation schedules 20-acre prescribed burn on Wednesday | WGCU News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation is planning a controlled burn on Wednesday, south of Sanibel Captiva Road, if weather and habitat conditions permit.<\/p>\n

The 20 acre burn area encompasses smooth cordgrass marshes behind the SCCF Headquarters to the Wildlife & Habitat Management Building off San-Cap Road.<\/p>\n

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The purpose is to help reduce the over accumulation of vegetation acting as fire fuel and to enhance habitat for native wildlife.<\/p>\n

If the burn is performed, the Brooks Trails on the Eric Lindblad Preserve, behind the SCCF Headquarters, will be closed Wednesday (July 8) and possibly Thursday (July 9).<\/p>\n

Beware of smoke on Sanibel-Captiva Road. Sanibel Police Department will be on site to control traffic on Sanibel-Captiva Road. It is recommended that you keep your windows closed that day.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions, please call Chris Lechowicz at (239) 222-4268.<\/p>\n

To be included on the City’s list of Smoke Sensitive Individuals and receive notification regarding future prescribed burns on Sanibel, please contact Joel Caouette at the City of Sanibel at (239) 472-3700 or email Joel.Caouette@mysanibel.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and\u00a0donate\u00a0<\/a>now. Thank you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation is planning a controlled burn on Wednesday, south of Sanibel Captiva Road, if weather…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-330693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}