Wildlife drive celebrates 10 years

The Orange Audubon Society will be at the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive Sunday, May 4, to join the celebration.

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 10:43 a.m. April 30, 2025

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A transformed landscape now teeming with wildlife, the Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive is celebrating 10 years. It has become one of Florida’s premier birding and wildlife viewing destinations and has welcomed more than150,000 visitors annually.

The district will celebrate its decade from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 4, with support from Orange Audubon Society. Along the 11-mile route, volunteers will help visitors spot wildlife, share insights about the restoration work, and hand out giveaways.

The drive is at 2850 Lust Road, Apopka.

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Amy Quesinberry Price

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry Price was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.