Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area stretches for 40 miles along
the course of the only free-flowing tributary to Lake Okeechobee. Framed
by bald cypress swamps and hardwood hammocks, Fisheating Creek has long
been valued for its scenic quality unmarred by houses and other human
intrusions. Strategically located in relation to Big Cypress Swamp,
Okaloacoochee Slough, Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area, Lake Okeechobee,
and the Lake Wales Ridge, Fisheating Creek is critical to the long-term
welfare of Florida panthers, Florida black bears, swallow-tailed kites,
whooping and sandhill cranes, crested caracara, and a number of other
species native to the area. Here you can paddle along the creek enjoying
the scenery and the abundant wildlife, hunt for deer, feral hog, and
Osceola turkey, fish, picnic, and camp.
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