CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT

CONTACT: Patrician Price, 904.823.4506, patrician.d.price@dep.state.fl.us

Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve Public Meeting Announced

~Information from the meeting will be compiled and used in the revision of the draft management plan~

WHAT:       Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve Public Meeting

WHEN:       Monday, Jan. 29, 2018
                   6-7:30 p.m.

WHERE:   Jupiter Community Center
                  200 Military Trail
                  Jupiter, FL 33458

HOW:       Please contact Irene Arpayoglou at 772-429-2995, or 
                 Irene.Arpayoglou@dep.state.fl.us, or visit 
                 https://floridadep.gov/FCO/Aquatic-Preserve
                 for more information or to request a written copy of the plan.

Residents are invited to join DEP Florida Coastal Office staff for the second Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve public meeting. The objective of this meeting is to review purpose and process for revising the Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve management plan; present current draft plan with a focus on issues, goals, objectives and strategies; and receive input on the draft management plan. The information from the meeting will be compiled and used by the Florida Coastal Office in the revision of the draft management plan.

About the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Coastal Office

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Coastal Office (FCO) is responsible for oversight of the state’s 41 Aquatic Preserves, three National Estuarine Research Reserves, the Coral Reef Conservation Program, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, the Florida Coastal Management Program and the Outer Continental Shelf Program. FCO's mission is to conserve and restore Florida’s coastal, ocean and aquatic resources for the benefit of people and the environment. For more information, visit https://floridadep.gov/fco.

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