Bond Farm Hydrologic Enhancement Impoundment
Implementing Organization
State of Florida
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$38,500,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Water Quality Restoration and Maintenance
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
The project will reduce hydrologic degradation in Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area (BWWMA) through the construction of a 538-acre hydrologic enhancement impoundment to manage surface waters that flows through the Yucca Pens Unit of the BWWMA into eastern Charlotte Harbor and the Caloosahatchee River. The impoundment will store up to 4 feet of excess surface water from the BWMMA during the wet season and release the water downstream primarily through Prairie Pines during the dry season (until construction of a southwest discharge) to restore seasonal high-water levels and wetland hydroperiods in portions of the BWMMA.
Contact
Gareth Leonard(850) 508-4796
gareth.leonard@myfwc.com
Project Website
None
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