Tarpon Bay Explorers is the concessionaire with exclusive rights to fishing the Ding, and Capt. Brieanna Coffman uses her six years of experience to guide anglers to trout, snook and redfish in the pristine bay.
from Michigan who played a large role in what we now call wild natural resource conservation. An avid hunter and fisherman, Darling became alarm- ed at the loss of wildlife habitat in the United States and made it his mission to save what was left. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roos- evelt appointed Darling the first ever director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Service. It was Darling who initiated the Federal Duck Stamp Program, the proceeds of which have vastly increased NWR lands and other wetlands over the decades. Darling also designed the Blue Goose logo that is now the national symbol for the refuge system. He con- vinced President Harry S. Truman to sign an Executive Order in 1945 to save the acreage on Sanibel, which was even- tually renamed “the Ding.” Tarpon Bay Explorers is the conces-
sionaire with exclusive rights to fishing the Ding, and Capt. Brieanna Coffman
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uses her six years of experience to guide anglers to trout, snook and red- fish in the pristine bay. Mangroves dominate the ecosystem, with tiny crustaceans covering their roots below the waterline, and baitfish and game fish thriving in the protected waters. The Ding is the start of the Great Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail.
PINE ISLAND
Pine Island is slightly north of Fort Myers and just West of Cape Coral. An hour’s ride from the airport will bring
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