{"id":85951,"date":"2025-12-16T23:02:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/85951\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:02:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:02:22","slug":"ddws-reports-on-refuge-programming-and-more-sanibel-captiva-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/85951\/","title":{"rendered":"DDWS reports on refuge programming and more &#8211; SANIBEL-CAPTIVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.captivasanibel.com\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                    \/News                                                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 2<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/REFUGE-DDWS-PROGRAMS-EVENTS-1-1100x733.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>REFUGE\/DDWS<br \/>\nAlligators and crocodiles are the topic of one free Winter Refuge Program starting January at the J.N. \u201cDing\u201d Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 2<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide_tall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/REFUGE-DDWS-PROGRAMS-EVENTS-1-473x840.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>REFUGE\/DDWS<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"prev next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(-1)\"><\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"next next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(1)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            [expand]<\/p>\n<p>        close<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDing\u201d Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) provided the following updates for the J.N. \u201cDing\u201d Darling National Wildlife Refuge, at 1 Wildlife Drive, Sanibel:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The free Winter Refuge Programs will take place from Jan. 5 through April 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The deadline for submissions for the \u201cDing\u201d Darling-Theodore Cross High School Photo Contest is Jan. 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The free Winter Lecture Series will run from Jan. 22 through April 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Go Wild for \u201cDing\u201d \u2014 The Legacy fundraiser will be held on Feb. 4 at The Community House on Sanibel. For tickets or more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/dingdarlingsociety.org\/go-wild\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dingdarlingsociety.org\/go-wild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The DDWS Distinguished Speaker Series will present conservationist Jeff Corwin on March 13 at The Community House on Sanibel. For tickets or more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/ding-darling-wildlife-societys-distinguished-speaker-series-tickets-1520333852479?aff=oddtdtcreator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/ding-darling-wildlife-societys-distinguished-speaker-series-tickets-1520333852479?aff=oddtdtcreator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The 14th annual \u201cDing\u201d Darling &amp; Doc Ford\u2019s Tarpon Tournament will take place on May 15. To register or more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/dingdarlingsociety.org\/tarpon-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dingdarlingsociety.org\/tarpon-tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Celebrate the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary with the refuge on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The refuge will celebrate Jay Norwood \u201cDing\u201d Darling\u2019s 150th birthday on Oct. 21.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; \/News &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; 1 \/ 2 REFUGE\/DDWS Alligators and crocodiles are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-85951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85951","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=85951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}