Lake Russell Cypress.
Large cypress trees
stand along the edge of
Lake Russell at The Nature
Conservancy’s Disney
Wilderness Preserve.
Near suburban Kissimmee,
this is one of the last
undeveloped lakes in central
Florida. Restoring water
flow south from
Lake Okeechobee into
the Shark River Slough
will allow rain falling
in Lake Russell to trace a
more natural course
from these headwaters all the
way south to Florida Bay.