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SFWMD Western Beltway Mitigation
Outline
1. Background2. Mitigation Plan / Options3. Future Projects / Available Funding
Plants observed in Shingle Creek Management Area
1. Background
Period: December 2001 - Present Location: Central Florida Environmental Impacts: S.R. 429, Part C,
Western Beltway Construction Legislation – FSS 338.250, Central Florida
Beltway Mitigation
1. Background (cont’d) Hydrologic Basins: Boggy Creek, Upper
Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Reedy Creek, Shingle Creek
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Permit No. ERP49-0187636-001
Phase III Funding Received: $6.02M
• ± $4.5M acquisition, mitigation banking• ± $1.5M restoration
2. Mitigation Plans / Options
A. Land AcquisitionB. Mitigation BankingC. Ecological Restoration / Land
ManagementD. Environmental EducationE. Future Projects
Land Acquisition Shingle Creek, and
Lake Marion Creek Basins
Funding Expended: $2,627,573.50 (includes mitigation bank credits, associated costs, acreage, security, fencing)
Shingle Creek Black* – 533 ac; $1.344M Babb* – 125 ac; $1.275M St. Clair* – 40 ac; $783K Westbrook Hunters Creek –
131 ac; $342K Steffee – 27 ac; $131.9K Ruba – 16 ac; $500K Scheibner et al. – 2.5 ac; $21.4K
Total: 875 acres $4,397,700 (± $1M 176 ac: Phase III)
*Phase II Funds
Lake Marion Creek DOT Scrub Site 332 acres $2.25 million Listed Species –
Florida Scrub-Jay, sand skink, scrub mint
Mitigation Banking
Florida Mitigation Bank, Reedy Creek Mitigation Bank – $1.595M; $252K (9 credits by OOCEA)
Total: $1,847,000
Shingle Creek and Lake Marion Creek
$232,759.47 expended
Activities include prescribed burning, exotic plant control, wildlife surveys, resource protection, and staff
Ecological Restoration / Land Management
Shingle Creek Hunters Creek
Middle School Use Management
Area for various curricula and provide feedback/data to SFWMD staff
Environmental Education
Osceola County City of Kissimmee State of Florida Orange County
Schools
Public Partnerships -Joint Funding for Public Projects
3. Future Projects / Available Funding
Orange County Osceola County Polk County
Total Available Funding - $3.2M for acquisition and restoration
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