Public Invited to Series of Workshops for the Withlacoochee River Watershed Initiative

News Release

The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) will hold a series of public workshops to gather feedback about the preliminary results of 19 model scenarios for the Withlacoochee River Watershed Initiative. These scenarios were evaluated to better understand how past or future changes may affect the Withlacoochee River and its surrounding watershed.

The public is invited to provide input at any of five scheduled regional public information workshops. These workshops will start with an open house from 4:30 –5:30 p.m., a presentation and discussion with a panel of experts starting at 5:30 p.m., and then the open house continues until 7:30 p.m.

Workshops will be held at the following locations:

•*April 23, 2015*
Pasco County – Pasco High School, 36850 SR 52, Dade City, FL 33525
•*April 30, 2015*
Sumter County – South Sumter High School, 706 N. Main St., Bushnell, FL 33513
•*May 7, 2015*
Citrus County – Cornerstone Baptist Church, 1100 W. Highland Blvd., Inverness, FL 34452
•*May 13, 2015*
Levy County – Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's Club, 5 56th St., Yankeetown, FL 34498
•*May 21, 2015*
Hernando County – District Headquarters, 2379 Broad St., Brooksville, FL 34604

Please note that the same information will be presented at each workshop.

Visit "WaterMatters.org/Withlacoochee":http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/projects/withlacoochee/ for a list of model scenarios and additional information.

For more details about the public workshops, please call Mark Fulkerson, Ph.D., P.E. at the District Headquarters at 1-800-423-1476, ext. 4410.