Restoration of Florida’s Coastal Dune Lakes - Phase II
Implementing Organization
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), The Atlanta Botanical Garden
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$2,503,000
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
Habitat Restoration and Enhancement
Targeted Resources
Beaches/Dunes
Project Description
This project will complete the restoration of wetland habitats on an additional 90 acres within Deer Lake State Park, part of Florida’s unique coastal dune lakes system. Restoration of the remaining degraded wetlands will complete the restoration to hisotrical habitat succession across the entire Deer Lake coastal dune lake watershed.
Contact
Raya Pruner850-233-5110
raya.pruner@dep.state.fl.us
Project Website
US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Land restoration acres represent the wetland restoration metric in the proposal. The additional acrage represents the acres enrolled in the prescribed burn program.