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  • Sunset Birding Cruise

    Sunset Birding Cruise

    Captiva Cruises 11401 Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva, FL, United States

    Sunset birding cruise in Pine Island Sound with SCCF and Captiva Cruises to support shorebird monitoring.

  • Trail Blazers

    Trail Blazers

    Looking to enjoy the outdoors while helping increase accessibility to SCCF public trails? Join SCCF staff on Wednesday mornings at various preserves to clear invasive plants, cut back overgrown vegetation, and generally maintain trails. Visitors welcome! Trail Blazers will assist SCCF staff with trail maintenance weekly throughout the season. Volunteers will help keep our SCCF…

  • Guided Beach Walk @ Island Inn

    Guided Beach Walk @ Island Inn

    Island Inn 3111 W Gulf Dr, Sanibel, FL, United States

    Sanibel Island offers world-class beachcombing, birding, and wildlife-watching opportunities. There is so much waiting to be discovered here! Join our knowledgeable marine science educators for a casual guided beach walk to explore what's washed ashore. We will talk about some of the more mysterious objects we find on the beach, look for fascinating animals, and…

    $20
  • Gopher Tortoise Enhancement Project

    Gopher Tortoise Enhancement Project

    Johnston Preserve 26°25'47.6"N 82°04'11.5"W, Sanibel, United States

    Volunteer with us to restore Gopher Tortoise habitat! This habitat enhancement project focuses on improving the open, sandy upland (coastal scrub) environments that gopher tortoises rely on for burrowing, nesting, and foraging. Key tasks will include removing invasive plant species and thinning overgrown vegetation, which will make way for the planting of native ground cover…

  • Guided Beach Walk @ Island Inn

    Guided Beach Walk @ Sanibel Siesta

    Sanibel Siesta 1246 Fulgur St., Sanibel

    Sanibel Island offers world-class beachcombing, birding, and wildlife-watching opportunities. There is so much waiting to be discovered here! Join our knowledgeable marine science educators for a casual guided beach walk to explore what's washed ashore. We will talk about some of the more mysterious objects we find on the beach, look for fascinating animals, and…

    $20
  • Guided Walk: Shipley Trail & Bailey Homestead

    Guided Walk: Shipley Trail & Bailey Homestead

    Shipley Trail 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United States

    Enjoy a leisurely guided stroll down the Shipley Trail at the Bailey Homestead and discover Sanibel’s remarkable conservation story, the history of the Bailey Homestead Preserve, and the island ecosystems that shaped it all. Then wander through the SCCF Native Landscapes & Garden Center to explore vibrant native plant demonstration gardens, see what’s in bloom,…

  • Gopher Tortoise Guided Walk

    SCCF Headquarters 3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel, FL, United States

    Join us for an interactive guided walk as part of the Gopher Tortoise Habitat Enhancement Project. Led by SCCF wildlife biologists and education staff, participants will explore one of SCCF’s preserves to learn firsthand about the unique role gopher tortoises play in our ecosystem and the local efforts being done to help protect this state…

    $10
  • Film Screening: “The Little Things that Run the World”

    Bailey Homestead Preserve 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United States

    Learn all about the evolution and ecology of flying insects, and their current rapid declines that are causing ripple effects on global biodiversity, in this special documentary film screening of THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD. The 2025 award-winning film was produced by SCCF Trustee Sandra Gross, who will be on site for a…

    Free
  • Puschel Patrol

    Puschel Patrol

    Puschel Preserve 1905 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL, United States

    Stop by Friday mornings at our beloved Puschel Preserve. Together the Puschel Patrol will help weed, plant, water, mulch, collect debris, and do anything else this beautiful preserve might need to thrive. If you love Sanibel, gardening, native ecosystems, and peaceful mornings getting back to the earth, Puschel Patrol is perfect for you! The Puschel…

  • Pine Island Sounds feat. Cold Choclate

    Captiva Cruises 11401 Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva, FL, United States

    Join SCCF on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026 for a sunset cruise and on-the-water concert featuring Cold Chocolate, a genre-bending Americana band that fuses folk, funk, and bluegrass. Each Pine Island Sounds ticket directly supports SCCF’s critical research and programs to protect local water quality.  Tickets include a complimentary drink coupon — courtesy “First Drink’s on Us”…

    $125