The Hidden Disney Wilderness | EcoSense for Living

When you think of Disney, you probably think of wild rides but not wild land. Yet the Disney Wilderness Preserve, just 15 miles from the “Wild Kingdom,” has saved rare ecosystems from development at the headwaters of the Everglades. Using prescribed fire, a team of scientists help save scrub jays, Eastern indigo snakes, gopher tortoises, and maybe even Florida panthers by protecting their territory.