Tampa Bay History Center Presents Florida Wildlife Exhibit

Visitors to the Tampa Bay History center, 801 Old Water St., Tampa, are invited to join a tour of Florida's wildlife corridor through the eyes of a photographer, documentarian, conservationist and biologist.

Conservation photographer Carlton Ward Jr., documentarian Elam Stoltzfus, conservationist Mallory Lykes Dimmitt and bear biologist Joe Guthrie traveled 1,000 miles by foot, kayak and horseback from Everglades National Park through the Big Cypress National Preserve, up the Kissimmee River to the Lake Wales Ridge, through the Ocala National Forest, and, finally, to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia.

Now they are sharing their journey through a new exhibition, Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition: The Photographs of Carlton Ward Jr.

The exhibition features a collection of large-format images taken by Ward, along with maps, video footage, audio clips, news reports and equipment used by team members during the expedition.

The exhibit also looks at similar explorations undertaken by earlier explorers and naturalists William Bartram and Mark Catesby, both of whom traveled through Florida’s interior in the 1700s.

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