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DEP SECRETARY HERSCHEL VINYARD TO CELEBRATE SPRINGS RESTORATION PROJECTS TARGETED FOR KINGS BAY

~Kings Bay benefactor of partnerships enabling advancement of nearly $4 million in projects ~

CRYSTAL RIVER – Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard Jr. will join Senator Charlie Dean and Representatives Elizabeth Porter and Jimmie T. Smith at Hunters Cove, where a living shoreline project to benefit Kings Bay will be constructed. In addition, a Three Sisters shoreline stabilization project will also be constructed. This will reduce erosion and sediment going into Kings Bay.

The Hunters Cove project is one of the 10 projects announced Wednesday by Governor Rick Scott as critical to improving water quality and water quantity in springs statewide. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection selected the projects, leveraging the $10 million from the Florida Families First Budget into a nearly $37 million investment. This was accomplished by incorporating matching funds by the water management districts and local governments that will carry out the projects.

The event will take place:

10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5

104 NE 1st Street

Crystal River

About the Florida Department of Environmental Protection

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is the state’s principal environmental agency, created to protect, conserve and manage Florida’s environment and natural resources. The Department enforces federal and state environmental laws, protects Florida’s air and water quality, cleans up pollution, regulates solid waste management, promotes pollution prevention and acquires environmentally-sensitive lands for preservation. The agency also maintains a statewide system of parks, trails and aquatic preserves. To view the Department’s website log on to www.dep.state.fl.us.

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