In order to meet the extremely high demands for lumber near the turn of the century, this valuable swamp forest was completely logged, leaving virtually no mature trees standing.
Today there are precious few baldcypress trees left.
Fortunately Turtle Cove is geographically situated such that it provides an ideal location for baldcypress and other wetland restoration projects as well as an excellent field site for environmental education, teacher workshops and outreach programs. Participants on this break spent time planting and maintaining the ecologically threatened area.