The Bailey Tract on Tarpon Bay Road will be CLOSED during the month of January 2025 for trail enhancements to increase accessibility to the Mindfulness and Ani Pond trails.
“Renovations are very exciting to this 1/3-mile trail, home to the first ever U.S. Fish & Wildlife Mindfulness Trail,” said Supervisory Refuge Ranger Toni Westland. “We will be resurfacing it with fine rock and gravel to improve accessibility. We will also be leveling and widening the trail.”
Federal funding comes from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), which passed in 2020 to provide funding for improvements to infrastructure and expand recreation opportunities in national parks and other public lands, and Hurricane Ian disaster supplemental funds.
Free Winter Programs at the Bailey Tract, starting January 6, will be postponed until it reopens. Please visit the official Refuge Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/dingdarlingrefuge] for updates.
