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A-1 Flow Equalization Basin
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#31
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Allapattah Flats
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#16
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Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
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#29
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Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park
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#17
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Baltic Road
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#4
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Blanket Bay Slough
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#11A
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Blind Creek
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#13
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Bluff Hammock Management Unit
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#11C
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Boney Marsh Management Unit
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#11C
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Catfish Creek
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#9
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Chandler Slough
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#11D
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Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)
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#26
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Cornwell Marsh
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#11D
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DuPuis Management Area
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#19
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Everglades & Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area
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#27
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Frog Pond
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#28
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Gordy Road Recreation Area
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#14
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Halpatiokee Regional Park
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#17
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Harold A. Campbell Public Use Area
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#22
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Hickory Hammock Wildlife Management Area
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#11C
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Horse Creek
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#4
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Huckleberry Island
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#4
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Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area
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#20
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Intercession City
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#3
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Istokpoga Boating Facility
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#11C
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Johnson Island
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#6
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KICCO
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#11A
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Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Closed)
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#12
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Lake Kissimmee: Bird Island
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#7
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Lake Kissimmee: Drasdo
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#7
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Lake Kissimmee: Eastshore and Westshore
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#7
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Lake Kissimmee: Gardner-Cobb Marsh
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Lake Kissimmee: Lightsey
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Lake Kissimmee: Rabbit Island
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Lake Kissimmee: Strum Island
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Lake Marion Creek
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Lake Russell
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#3
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Lakeside Ranch
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#18
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Lower Reedy Creek
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#6
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Loxahatchee River/Cypress Creek Management Area
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#21
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Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area
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#20
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MICCO Landing
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#11D
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Miller/Wild Property
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#13
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No Name Slough
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#11B
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North Fork St. Lucie River
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#15
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Oak Creek
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#11B
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Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area
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#25
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Pal-Mar East/Nine Gems
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#20
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Paradise Run
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#11F
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Queen's Island
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#13
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Reedy Creek
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#3
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Riverbend Park
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#21
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Rough Island North and South
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#6
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S-65E Impoundment
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#11F
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Seaboard Marsh
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#11E
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Shingle Creek
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Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
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#24
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Snell Creek
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#4
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Southern Glades
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#28
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Spruce Bluff
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#15
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Starvation Slough
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Stormwater Treatment Area 1 East
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#22
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Stormwater Treatment Area 1 West
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#22
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Stormwater Treatment Area 3/4
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#22
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Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6
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#23
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SUMICA
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#10
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Taylor Creek
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#11E
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Telex Marsh
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#11E
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Ten Mile Creek
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#14
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Three Scrub Sites (Closed)
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#15
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Tibet-Butler Preserve
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#1
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Turkey Hammock
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#11D
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Upper Reedy Creek
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#3
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Water Conservation Area 1
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#29
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Water Conservation Areas 2 and 3
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#27
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Yates Marsh
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A-1 Flow Equalization Basin (#31)
A-1 Flow Equalization Basin
Closures and Notices Due to construction activities, the A-1 FEB northwest levee is currently…
Allapattah Flats (#16)
Allapattah Flats
Closures & Notices The Allapattah equestrian trailhead off Fox Brown Road will be…
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (#29)
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Water Conservation Area 1 (WCA 1) is the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.…
Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park (#17)
Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park
Take yourself back in time on a hike along the South Fork St. Lucie River. Take care as you…
Baltic Road (#4)
Baltic Road
Whether you want to hike a hilly, scrubby area or a flatter but very diverse pine flatwoods, this…
Blanket Bay Slough (#11A)
Blanket Bay Slough
On the west side of the Kissimmee River is KICCO, which is pronounced kiss-oh. It takes its name…
Blind Creek (#13)
Blind Creek
St. Lucie manages these two coastal properties, each of which are about 400 acres in size. Queen's…
Bluff Hammock Management Unit (#11C)
Bluff Hammock Management Unit
NOTE: HICKORY HAMMOCK EQUESTRIAN CAMPGROUND NOW OPEN. Majestic live oaks on either side of the…
Boney Marsh Management Unit (#11C)
Boney Marsh Management Unit
NOTE: HICKORY HAMMOCK EQUESTRIAN CAMPGROUND NOW OPEN. Majestic live oaks on either side of the…
Catfish Creek (#9)
Catfish Creek
From a distance, the border of Lake Hatchineha at Catfish Creek resembles a dramatic, green curtain…
Chandler Slough (#11D)
Chandler Slough
Chandler Slough is a beautiful 3,722-acre tract of cypress swamp, oak and cabbage palm hammocks and…
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) (#26)
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)
Closures and Notices On Nov. 30, 2018, SFWMD dedicated the latest addition to the recreational…
Cornwell Marsh (#11D)
Cornwell Marsh
Turkey Hammock and Cornwell marshes were formally floodplain, converted to pasture. The property…
DuPuis Management Area (#19)
DuPuis Management Area
Closures and Notices Changes made at DuPuis Equestrian Campground Gate 3 in 2019 The DuPuis…
Everglades & Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area (#27)
Everglades & Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area
Water Conservation Areas 2 and 3 (WCA 2 3) are mainly signature Everglades sawgrass marsh,…
Frog Pond (#28)
Frog Pond
Dotted with tropical hardwood hammocks and cypress forests within a 32,000-acre expanse of…
Gordy Road Recreation Area (#14)
Gordy Road Recreation Area
Ten Mile Creek Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Area are under construction and not open to the…
Halpatiokee Regional Park (#17)
Halpatiokee Regional Park
Take yourself back in time on a hike along the South Fork St. Lucie River. Take care as you…
Harold A. Campbell Public Use Area (#22)
Harold A. Campbell Public Use Area
This site in rural Palm Beach County covers 17,000 acres on the southern Palm Beach County border,…
Hickory Hammock Wildlife Management Area (#11C)
Hickory Hammock Wildlife Management Area
Majestic live oaks on either side of the hiking trail offer a welcome as you enter the vintage…
Horse Creek (#4)
Horse Creek
Whether you want to hike a hilly, scrubby area or a flatter but very diverse pine flatwoods, this…
Huckleberry Island (#4)
Huckleberry Island
Whether you want to hike a hilly, scrubby area or a flatter but very diverse pine flatwoods, this…
Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area (#20)
Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area
You could nickname the Jones/Hungryland WEA a "sportsman's paradise." Like to hunt? The FWC manages…
Intercession City (#3)
Intercession City
Reminiscent of a "blackwater, backwoods swamp," the Upper Reedy Creek property is mostly…
Istokpoga Boating Facility (#11C)
Istokpoga Boating Facility
On March 25, 2010, the Lake Istokpoga Canal Boat Ramp Area was opened to the public. The area…
Johnson Island (#6)
Johnson Island
Reedy Creek watershed is one of the most diverse and intact watercourses in the area. While…
KICCO (#11A)
KICCO
On the west side of the Kissimmee River is KICCO, which is pronounced kiss-oh. It takes its name…
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Closed) (#12)
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Closed)
This remote and sweeping preserve is reminiscent of western prairies. But here, cabbage palms dot…
Lake Kissimmee: Bird Island (#7)
Lake Kissimmee: Bird Island
Accessible only by boat or airboat, Gardner-Cobb Marsh is the largest District property in the…
Lake Kissimmee: Drasdo (#7)
Lake Kissimmee: Drasdo
Accessible only by boat or airboat, Gardner-Cobb Marsh is the largest District property in the…
Lake Kissimmee: Eastshore and Westshore (#7)
Lake Kissimmee: Eastshore and Westshore
Accessible only by boat or airboat, Gardner-Cobb Marsh is the largest District property in the…
Lake Kissimmee: Gardner-Cobb Marsh (#7)
Lake Kissimmee: Gardner-Cobb Marsh
Accessible only by boat or airboat, Gardner-Cobb Marsh is the largest District property in the…
Lake Kissimmee: Lightsey (#7)
Lake Kissimmee: Lightsey
Accessible only by boat or airboat, Gardner-Cobb Marsh is the largest District property in the…
Lake Kissimmee: Rabbit Island (#7)
Lake Kissimmee: Rabbit Island
Accessible only by boat or airboat, Gardner-Cobb Marsh is the largest District property in the…
Lake Kissimmee: Strum Island (#7)
Lake Kissimmee: Strum Island
Accessible only by boat or airboat, Gardner-Cobb Marsh is the largest District property in the…
Lake Marion Creek (#4)
Lake Marion Creek
Whether you want to hike a hilly, scrubby area or a flatter but very diverse pine flatwoods, this…
Lake Russell (#3)
Lake Russell
Reminiscent of a "blackwater, backwoods swamp," the Upper Reedy Creek property is mostly…
Lakeside Ranch (#18)
Lakeside Ranch
Located in western Martin County, the Lakeside Ranch Stormwater Treatment Area plays a crucial role…
Lower Reedy Creek (#6)
Lower Reedy Creek
Reedy Creek watershed is one of the most diverse and intact watercourses in the area. While…
Loxahatchee River/Cypress Creek Management Area (#21)
Loxahatchee River/Cypress Creek Management Area
South Florida's only federally designated Wild and Scenic River, the seven-mile Northwest Fork of…
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area (#20)
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area
You could nickname the Jones/Hungryland WEA a "sportsman's paradise." Like to hunt? The FWC manages…
MICCO Landing (#11D)
MICCO Landing
Turkey Hammock and Cornwell marshes were formally floodplain, converted to pasture. The property…
Miller/Wild Property (#13)
Miller/Wild Property
Stand still and listen to the breezes playing their tunes in the tall pine trees. There are plenty…
No Name Slough (#11B)
No Name Slough
Oak Creek has many old-growth oaks, some as large as nearly five feet in diameter, along the…
North Fork St. Lucie River (#15)
North Fork St. Lucie River
Situated on a picturesque preserve on the North Fork of the St. Lucie River, the Oxbow Eco-Center…
Oak Creek (#11B)
Oak Creek
Oak Creek has many old-growth oaks, some as large as nearly five feet in diameter, along the…
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area (#25)
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area
The over 35,000-acre Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area in Hendry County provides…
Pal-Mar East/Nine Gems (#20)
Pal-Mar East/Nine Gems
You could nickname the Jones/Hungryland WEA a "sportsman's paradise." Like to hunt? The FWC manages…
Paradise Run (#11F)
Paradise Run
At the end of the old Kissimmee River, on the north side of S-65E, you'll find an expanse of thick…
Queen's Island (#13)
Queen's Island
St. Lucie manages these two coastal properties, each of which are about 400 acres in size. Queen's…
Reedy Creek (#3)
Reedy Creek
Reminiscent of a "blackwater, backwoods swamp," the Upper Reedy Creek property is mostly…
Riverbend Park (#21)
Riverbend Park
South Florida's only federally designated Wild and Scenic River, the seven-mile Northwest Fork of…
Rough Island North and South (#6)
Rough Island North and South
Reedy Creek watershed is one of the most diverse and intact watercourses in the area. While…
S-65E Impoundment (#11F)
S-65E Impoundment
At the end of the old Kissimmee River, on the north side of S-65E, you'll find an expanse of thick…
Seaboard Marsh (#11E)
Seaboard Marsh
Overhanging oak limbs frame a view of the old Kissimmee River as it winds its way between Telex and…
Shingle Creek (#2)
Shingle Creek
Adjacent to major tourist attractions and growth areas, the Shingle Creek Management Area is the…
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve (#24)
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
A unique wetland, the Six Mile Cypress Slough is nine miles long and one-third of a mile wide. This…
Snell Creek (#4)
Snell Creek
Whether you want to hike a hilly, scrubby area or a flatter but very diverse pine flatwoods, this…
Southern Glades (#28)
Southern Glades
Dotted with tropical hardwood hammocks and cypress forests within a 32,000-acre expanse of…
Spruce Bluff (#15)
Spruce Bluff
Farther inland, a true jewel found within a growing urban landscape is the 100-acre Spruce Bluff…
Starvation Slough (#11B)
Starvation Slough
Oak Creek has many old-growth oaks, some as large as nearly five feet in diameter, along the…
Stormwater Treatment Area 1 East (#22)
Stormwater Treatment Area 1 East
The stormwater treatment areas are man-made wetlands designed to clean up nutrients primarily from…
Stormwater Treatment Area 1 West (#22)
Stormwater Treatment Area 1 West
The stormwater treatment areas are man-made wetlands designed to clean up nutrients primarily from…
Stormwater Treatment Area 3/4 (#22)
Stormwater Treatment Area 3/4
This site in rural Palm Beach County covers 17,000 acres on the southern Palm Beach County border,…
Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6 (#23)
Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6
Notice Due to the construction that will be taking place for the C-139 Flow Equalization Basin…
SUMICA (#10)
SUMICA
SUMICA, once slated for watermelon farming, is the site of a former logging community and sawmill.…
Taylor Creek (#11E)
Taylor Creek
Closure Notice Taylor Creek STA is scheduled for mowing on Monday, July 26, 2021 and will be…
Telex Marsh (#11E)
Telex Marsh
Overhanging oak limbs frame a view of the old Kissimmee River as it winds its way between Telex and…
Ten Mile Creek (#14)
Ten Mile Creek
Ten Mile Creek Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Area are under construction and not open to the…
Three Scrub Sites (Closed) (#15)
Three Scrub Sites (Closed)
Three small properties located within and adjacent to the floodplain of the North Fork St. Lucie…
Tibet-Butler Preserve (#1)
Tibet-Butler Preserve
The Tibet Butler Preserve is an oasis for wildlife and nature seekers amidst burgeoning Orlando.…
Turkey Hammock (#11D)
Turkey Hammock
Turkey Hammock and Cornwell marshes were formally floodplain, converted to pasture. The property…
Upper Reedy Creek (#3)
Upper Reedy Creek
Reminiscent of a "blackwater, backwoods swamp," the Upper Reedy Creek property is mostly…
Water Conservation Area 1 (#29)
Water Conservation Area 1
Water Conservation Area 1 (WCA 1) is the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.…
Water Conservation Areas 2 and 3 (#27)
Water Conservation Areas 2 and 3
Water Conservation Areas 2 and 3 (WCA 2 3) are mainly signature Everglades sawgrass marsh,…
Yates Marsh (#11E)
Yates Marsh
Overhanging oak limbs frame a view of the old Kissimmee River as it winds its way between Telex and…
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