Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area

Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area in Florida protects 24,243 acres of sandhill, mesic hammock, and forested wetland in a main tract and three nearby satellite tracts. Along with the neighboring Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, it forms the largest continuous habitat block in this part of the state, supporting a remnant Florida black bear population and other wildlife including gopher tortoises, Sherman's fox squirrel, imperiled snakes, and cave-dwelling invertebrates. The area is explored by hiking, biking, wildlife watching, hunting, and cave diving. It also preserves traces of Centralia, a former cypress logging boom town that rose around 1910, declined by about 1917, and lost its post office in 1922.

Florida · United States