Crew Observation Essay

My expectation before going to CREW I had a lot of anxiety because my biggest phobia is a snake, I was so worried I was going to see one while we visited Crew. I was very tense as we left from FGCU. As we arrived CREW I was so nervous with the outdoor walk. The CREW tour guide was very excited to let us know how CREW started and why is benefits Southwest Florida. In addition, The CREW Land & Water Trust was the first public and private partnership approach to an ecosystem-based acquisition project in the US something that I didn’t know until I visited CREW and learned from our tour guide.
I quickly learned from the guide what CREW acronym means Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed. As we enter CREW she was able to show us a map the location of CREW, and the land that is acquired which is around 60 thousand acres of land that represent the largest watershed intact in Southwest Florida. As we walked it was a very humid day and sunny. As I looked …show more content…
As I walked the trails they were winding and some were straight. I really enjoy our first observation deck, I was able to see the panoramic view of the marsh which I really enjoyed I can hear the birth tweeting and it was very peaceful moment something I didn’t expect to feel during this field trip. In addition, she mentioned the Willow trees that were in the middle part of the marsh and they are useful because they make aspiring from I found that very fascinating. As I walked back from the marsh we found some paw prints along the trails someone must bring their dog in the trails. The second marsh was very wet water was knee high I was so afraid to walk through the marsh because I didn’t know what could be under the water. Furthermore, the smell was a decay of plant materials and the odor of grasses and plant material that was decaying from the water as the water receded from the