News - 2021
2021
February
District Aims to Reduce Risk of Wildfires by Scheduling Prescribed Fires for Hillsborough County »
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Setting prescribed fires in controlled settings can reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control, as many Floridians witnessed during the state’s wildfire emergency in 2017.
District Aims to Reduce Risk of Wildfires by Scheduling Prescribed Fires for Pasco County »
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Setting prescribed fires in controlled settings can reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control, as many Floridians witnessed during the state’s wildfire emergency in 2017.
District Aims to Reduce Risk of Wildfires by Scheduling Prescribed Fires for Sarasota County »
– Setting prescribed fires in controlled settings can reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control, as many Floridians witnessed during the state’s wildfire emergency in 2017.
Executive Director Receives 2020 Geology Alumni Society Award »
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Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) Executive Director Brian Armstrong has received the 2020 Geology Alumni Society Award from the University of South Florida (USF) Geology Alumni Society (GAS).
January
District’s Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve Hampton Tract Closed for Hog Hunts Feb. 2-4 »
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The Southwest Florida Water Management District's (District) Hampton Tract, including closed area tracts at Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve in Polk County, will be temporarily closed to the public for feral hog hunts Feb.
District Aims to Reduce Risk of Wildfires by Scheduling Prescribed Fires for Marion County »
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Setting prescribed fires in controlled settings can reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control, as many Floridians witnessed during the state’s wildfire emergency in 2017.
District Aims to Reduce Risk of Wildfires by Scheduling Prescribed Fires for Hernando County »
– Setting prescribed fires in controlled settings can reduce the risk of wildfires burning out of control, as many Floridians witnessed during the state’s wildfire emergency in 2017.
District’s Hálpata Tastanaki Preserve Closed for Hog Hunts Jan. 26-28 »
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The Southwest Florida Water Management District's (District) Hálpata Tastanaki Preserve in Marion County will be temporarily closed to the public for feral hog hunts Jan. 26-28.
Governing Board to Meet in Tampa »
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The Southwest Florida Water Management District's Governing Board will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 9 a.m. at the Tampa Service Office, located at 7601 U.S. Highway 301 North.
Public Invited to Help Identify Flood Prone Areas in the Haines City Watershed in Polk County »
– The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) is gathering information to improve identification of flood prone areas in Polk County.
District’s Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve Closed from Dusk until Dawn for Hog Hunts Jan. 12-14 »
– The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) will hold a feral hog management hunt on the Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Preserve in Hillsborough County Jan.
District’s Flying Eagle Nature Center Closed for Hog Hunts Jan. 12-14 »
– The Southwest Florida Water Management District's (District) Flying Eagle Nature Center in Citrus County will be temporarily closed to the public for feral hog hunts Jan. 12-14.
District Asks Homeowners to "Skip a Week" of Irrigation this Winter »
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Overwatering in winter can encourage pests and disease