FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 23, 2015
DEP CONTINUES RESTORATION EFFORTS FOR UPPER OCKLAWAHA RIVER BASIN
~DEP hosts meeting to identify and develop
restoration projects~
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection invites local
governments, scientists, environmentalists, agricultural producers and other
interested parties to a restoration plan development workshop for the Upper
Ocklawaha Basin targeting Lake Harris, Palatlakaha River, Trout Lake, Lake Yale
and Lake Carlton.
WHAT: Restoration Plan Development
Meeting for Upper Ocklawaha River
WHEN: Feb. 25,
2015
1 – 4 p.m.
WHERE: Leesburg Public Library
100
E. Main St.
Leesburg,
FL 34748
“We have seen improvements in the Upper Ocklawaha basin, but there is
more work to be done,” said Tom Frick, director of the Division of
Environmental Assessment and Restoration. “This meeting will focus on
discussing additional projects needed for restoration.”
In 2014, DEP adopted the second phase of a long-term restoration plan for
the Upper Ocklawaha River. The restoration plan, known as a basin management
action plan or BMAP, identifies strategies and projects that will be
implemented over the next five years in order to improve the water quality of
the upper basin. Nutrient pollution, specifically excessive nitrogen and
phosphorous, is the primary source of the water quality imbalance in the lakes
and streams in the Upper Ocklawaha Basin. Other lakes in the upper basin that are
impacted by nutrients and currently undergoing restoration are Lake Apopka,
Lake Griffin, Lake Beauclair, Lake Dora and Lake Eustis.
For more information
about the Upper Ocklawaha River restoration plan click here.
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