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The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) will close parts of the Cypress Creek Preserve trail network during a surface water improvement project beginning Nov. 9. The trails impacted include the northern portion of the paved trail and the hiking and biking trails that branch off the paved trail in the northeast quadrant of the Preserve. 

Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) officials have raised the activation level of the District’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to Level 2 due to high water levels at the G-90 Water Conservation Structure in Highlands County. 

The G-90 structure is located on Lake June-in-Winter in Lake Placid. The lake received 11.26 inches of rain over the last three days, and the lake has reached its minimum flood level.

The District’s Governing Board recently approved the purchase of the C&D Ranch and Rock Bend Ranch conservation easements. The approximately 1,270-acre acquisition will provide four miles of frontage along the west side of the Peace River in DeSoto and Hardee counties.