Water Quality Improvements to Enhance Fisheries Habitat in the Lower Choctawhatchee River Basin - Phase I
Implementing Organization
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$953,485
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Funding Program
NFWF Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund GEBF
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Planning
Targeted Resources
Infrastructure
Project Description
Inventory, prioritize, and develop solutions to un-paved roads in the Choctawhatchee Bay Watershed including (1) updating existing inventories of unpaved roads and unpaved road stream crossings, crossovers and proximity sites; (2) adding GIS overlays of habitat and resource impairments; (3) prioritizing the most prominent road sites negatively affecting Choctawhatchee resources and habitats; and (4) planning and designing corrective measures. Restoration plans will be developed to identify site specific solutions and estimate the cost of necessary improvements for the highest priority sites as funding allows.
Contact
Phil Coram850-245-2167
Phil.Coram@dep.state.fl.us
Project Website
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission , US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) , Walton, Washington and Holmes Counties, Northwest Florida Water Management District , Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance
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