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Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (C.R.E.W) 2 hour trail walk on 11 February 2020 This 60,000 acre area was protected in 1989 to preserve the natural filtering capabilities of our Florida landscape to produce clean water. Over time as the water carved through the land, it created different ecosystems that provide habitats to thousands of plants and animals. Each of those organisms then plays an important role in sustaining the area. Our guide has us pause and listen for the frogs in the marsh, the hawk in the air, and the bees in the oak tree. ENVIRONMENT , check The Roberston text had a great quote that has really stuck with me for the past couple days, "the work we do now is for a future we will never see and for an Earth that will not be the same as it was before." I think this perfectly explains the important and urgent work the CREW Land & Water Trust is accomplishing for this region of Florida. Joel Kuperberg didn’t see the intrinsic value th