The Conservancy of Southwest Florida Nature Center is days away from its grand reopening after being closed for more than a year.

The $5 million renovation focuses on areas critically important to Southwest Florida.

When you come out to the ‘newly-expanded’ Sue and William Dalton Discovery center, you will get to experience new interactive exhibits and galleries.

The expansion includes the new John & Carol Walter Discovery Wing, which focuses on invasive species like the Burmese python. There is also a new exhibit exploring climate change.

Under the lights and canopies of the Dalton Discovery Center are passionate people like the conservancy’s Director of Education Alex Levine. “It’s been such a hard time for us here at the conservancy and for people everywhere in terms of lockdowns, and not being able to interact with, you know, folks in person and as an educator, it’s been very, very difficult.”