Travel Writers Bill & Mary Burnham

By Bill and Mary Burnham
University Press of Florida
Publication date: 2009

This new book will share with readers the special character of Florida’s wild outposts – the islands of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the Florida Keys and Florida Bay. We hope to inspire a conservation ethic for Florida’s remaining coastal islands among a broad audience, reinforce a code of appropriate behavior for the islands and all wild areas, including a Leave No Trace ethic, so they may be enjoyed without detriment to what makes them special.

We will place each island in the context of Florida’s natural and cultural history, describe public access and improvements, or describe limits on human interaction and reasons for such limits. It will describe each island’s ecosystem and what rare or endangered species may occur there.

*(Subject to Change)

Statewide Locator Map: Islands at a Glance
Map Legend
Acknowledgements

Front Matter
Introduction
How to Use this Book
Island Ecosystems: Keys, Barrier Islands and Estuaries.
A Brief History of Florida’s Island Conservation
Parks, refuges, preserves and other forms of land protection
How Do You Adventure?
Zero Impact and Wilderness Ethic (Leave No Trace)
Weather

Section I – Northeast Coast Georgia/Florida border south to Ponce Inlet
Section Overview
Regional Locator Map
A. Islands of Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve (NP)
1. Nassau River Estuary
2. St. Johns River Estuary
3. Big Talbot Island (SP)
4. Fort George Island
C. Islands of the Tolmato-Guana-Mantanza Estuary (NERR)
5. Pine Island
6. Rattlesnake Island
D. Islands of Ocala and Osceola NF
Lake Woodruff NWR (Dexter Island and St. Francis Island wilderness areas)
Alexander Springs Wilderness (Ocala NF)
Little Lake George Wilderness (Ocala NF)
Pinehook Swamp (Osceola NF)

Section II – Indian River Area ¬Ponce Inlet south to Jupiter Inlet
Section Overview
Regional Locator Map

A. Islands of Mosquito Lagoon
B. Islands of Cape Canaveral National Seashore
C. Islands of Merritt Island NWR
D. Islands of Pelican Island NWR
E. Islands of Peck Lake/Hobie Sound NWR

Section III
South Florida Jupiter Inlet south to Dry Torgugas
A. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
Johnathan Dickenson State Park
Loxahatchee River Aquatic Preserve
Biscayne Bay (Elliott Key, Old Rhodes Key, Arsenicker Keys
B. Everglades
Cape Romano-Ten Thousand Islands
Lostman River Area
Ponce DeLeon Bay
Oyster Bay
Whitewater Bay
Hells Bay
Joe River Bay
Florida Bay (Everglades portion)
Carl Ross Key
C. Florida Keys
Islands of John Pennekamp State Park
Lignumvitae Key/Shell Key
Newfound Harbor/Coupon Bight Area (Great White Heron NWR)
Content Keys (Great White Heron NWR)
Sawyer Keys (Great White Heron NWR)
Snipe Keys (Great White Heron NWR)
Mud Keys (Great White Heron NWR)
Tarpon Belly (Great White Heron NWR)
Key West NWR
Dry Tortugas

Section IV
Southwest Coast Anclote Keys south to Rookery Bay
40. Anclote Keys
41. Caladesi Island
42. Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge
43. Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
44. Island Bay NWR and Wilderness
45. Cayo Costa Island
46. Pine Sound Islands
47. Matlacha Pass Islands
48. Ding Darling
49. Estero Bay
50. Rookery Bay

Section V
Big Bend Area Apalachee Bay south to Chassahowitzka Bay
51. Apalachee Bay Islands
52. St. Marks NWR
53. Ecofina River
54. Rock Island
55. Boggy Bay/Clearwater Creek Estuary
56. Deadman Bay/Steinhatchee River Estuary
57. Pepperfish Keys
58. Bird Island
59. Cotton Island
60. Horseshoe Cove
61. Lower Suwanee National Wildlife Refuge
62. Cedar Keys
63. Wiccasassa Bay
64. Withlacoochee Bay
65. Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge
66. Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
67. St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve

Section VI Panhandle Area Pensacola Bay west to Apalachicola Bay
Regional Locator Map
Islander
A. Islands of Pensacola Bay
69. Perdido Key
70. Santa Rosa Island
71. Escambia River Estuary
72. Yellow River Estuary
B. Chotawatchie River Estuary
C. Islands of St. Andrew Bay
73. Shell Island
74. Crooked Island
75. Apalachicola Bay Islands
76. St. Vincent Island NWR

D. Islands of Apalachicola Bay
77. Little St. George Island
78. Dog Island
79. East Bay Estuary (Brothers River; Apalachicola River, St. Marks River, East River)