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Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA-3) is the largest existing WCA covering a total of 915 square miles within Western Dade and Broward Counties. [1] Lying southwest of WCA-2 and just north of Everglades National Park, WCA-3 is used primarily as an area to receive flood waters from adjacent areas and store them for beneficial municipal, urban, and ...
The Everglades Forever Act is a Florida law passed in 1994 designed to restore the Everglades. [1] The law recognized, the “Everglades ecological system is endangered as a result of adverse changes in water quality, and in the quantity, distribution and timing of flows, and, therefore, must be restored and protected.” [2] The law was codified in § 373.4592, Florida Statutes.
This map shows the United States Geological Survey's compartmentalized map of Water Conservation Areas 1, 2 and 3. The Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is a 145,188-acre (587.55 km 2) wildlife sanctuary [1] is located west of Boynton Beach, in Palm Beach County, Florida. [2] It is also known as Water Conservation Area 1 ...
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The Alafia River Reserve is a recreation area and water conservation area managed by the Southwest Florida Water Management District in Mulberry, Florida, Polk County, Florida. It covers 334 acres (1.35 km 2) and is located at 4872 Indian Oak Drive in Mulberry, Florida. It was created to preserve wetlands and includes hiking trails and a picnic ...
Arrow indicates direction of water flow. Also shown in the map is Taylor Slough along with two stations TSPH1 and TSPH7 where weather towers are located Shark River Slough (SRS) is a low-lying area of land that channels water through the Florida Everglades , beginning in Water Conservation Area 3 , flowing through Everglades National Park , and ...
Outstanding Florida Waters have special restrictions on any new activities that would lower water quality or otherwise degrade the body of water. The Outstanding Florida Water designation has been applied to all bodies of water in national parks, national wildlife refuges, national seashores, national preserves, national marine sanctuaries and ...
Protected areas of Marion County, Florida (2 C, 11 P) Protected areas of Martin County, Florida (1 C, 3 P) Protected areas of Miami-Dade County, Florida (2 C, 7 P)