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Restoration project areas. Recently, District Governing and Basin Board members and staff got an up-close look at restoration projects and toured major components that are part of the Lower Hillsborough River Recovery Strategy. Terra Ceia and Cockroach Bay One tour viewed restoration projects from infancy to maturity at the Terra Ceia and Cockroach Bay preserves. This tour was designed to give Board members and staff a better…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection and District have approved five springs restoration projects in Citrus, Hernando and Marion counties. These projects will receive more than $13.4 million in state funding from Governor Rick Scott’s 2015-16 “Keep Florida Working” budget. This funding is expected to leverage over $7 million in matching funds.  These five selected projects will benefit Homosassa, Kings Bay, Rainbow and Weeki Wachee springs. “I would…

Efforts to restore Lake Panasoffkee recently took a major step forward. The dredging of Step 2 of the Lake Panasoffkee Restoration Council’s four-step, multi-million dollar restoration plan began July 7. The Lake Panasoffkee restoration project involves dredging approximately 8.4 million cubic yards of sediment from the lake, which will improve fish habitat, restore the historic lake shoreline and improve navigation. The project will also restore approximately 920…

In October, the Southwest Florida Water Management District will celebrate the Hillsborough River and the Hillsborough River watershed with a series of events along the river.The District’s Hillsborough River Basin Board has declared the week of Oct. 20 through 27 as “Hillsborough River Watershed Awareness Week.” The participating city and county governments plan to recognize the week, which was modeled after a similar event in April that focused on the Peace River…

table(webalert). |Who:|Teams entered so far include Cornerstone Solutions Group, the Industry Team, the Luke Brothers, Pay it Forward Farm, Raymow, Tampa Bay Landscaping, Wildrose Lawncare and the "Southwest Florida Water Management District(Southwest Florida Water Management District)":http://watermatters.org.Station leaders include Gary England from the University of Florida at the Right Plant Right Place station, Chris Hayes from BioWorks at the Pest Management station,…

Two Tampa area home builders were honored for their use of water-wise landscaping.John Cannon Homes was presented with the Water-Wise Landscape Recognition Award Thursday at the annual Tampa Bay Home Builders Association Spring Parade of Homes banquet. Homes by John C Fowke received the Honorable Mention award.The winning design can be seen at John Cannon Homes Bondi model, 3129 Christophers Watch Lane in the Little Harbor Community in Ruskin. The design, landscaping and…

Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Elijah “Ed” Armstrong, III and John Mitten to the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Governing Board. Armstrong represents Pinellas County and Mitten represents Hernando and Marion counties. Armstrong, of Dunedin, is an attorney with Hill Ward Henderson, P.A. He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland and his juris doctor from Vanderbilt University. Armstrong is appointed to a four-year term…

"The Southwest Florida Water Management District":http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/ (District) and City of Crystal River will hold a groundbreaking event to celebrate the start of a project to transport reclaimed water from the City to the Duke Energy power plant facility in Citrus County.The event will take place on Thursday, May 22, at 10:00 a.m. at the City of Crystal River Sprayfield, located at 7040 N. Citrus Ave. in Crystal River. The entrance is approximately five miles…

Scott Black, Dade City commissioner, presents Jennifer Closshey, Governing Board treasurer, with the award while Sallie Parks, Governing Board member; Jennette Seachrist, SWIM program manager; Manny Pumariega, Planning Council executive director; and Joe Jordan-Robinson, Northwest Hillsborough Basin Board vice chair, look on. A project that is providing low-salinity fisheries habitat and improving water quality made waves at the Tampa Bay Regional Planning…

The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) awarded $97,640.28 in grants to 43 educators within the District as part of the Splash! school grant program. The program provides up to $3,000 per school to enhance student knowledge of freshwater resources in grades K-12. Splash! grants encourage hands-on student learning through STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities as well as engagement of the greater school community…

Shinn Ditch Restoration Project Wins National Award The North American Lake Management Society presented its 2010 Technical Merit Award to the District for work on the Shinn Ditch restoration project in the District’s Flying Eagle Preserve in Citrus County. Shinn Ditch was originally intended to improve land for agricultural use by draining water from the property into the Withlacoochee River. The restoration project consisted of a series of blocks within the ditch,…