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Project name: #3003 - Tarpon Bay Hydrologic Restoration
Project status: Restoration delayed pending additional funding
Grant Administrator:
Gulf of Mexico Foundation
(for NOAA)
Grantee:
Rookery Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve
Project location:
Isles of Capri, Florida
Grant period:
Jan 1, 2004 - Aug 31, 2004 (extended to Aug 31, 2005)
Grant amount:
$51,000
Land Ownership:
public/state land
Lat/Long: 25.9838/
-81.7276 (UTM: N 2874092, E 427177)
Types of Habitat: bays, seagrass
& algal beds, mangroves, oyster bars
Project leader:
Judy Haner and
Cheryl Metzger
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
300 Tower Rd.
Naples, FL 34113
(239)417-6310 phone
(239)417-6315 fax
http://nerrs.noaa.gov/RookeryBay
Project site location - Rookery Bay NERR
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Anticipated Species To Benefit From Restoration:
- West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
- Cobia (Rachycentrtron canadum)
- Snook (Centropomus undecimalis)
- Mullet (Mugil cephalus))
- Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)
- Snapper (Lutjanus compechanus)
- Pink shrimp (Penaeus duorarum)
- Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)
- Stone crab (Menippe mercenaria)
- red mangrove
- shoal grass, turtle grass, manatee grass, algae
Project Goals:
- Install two culverts and one bridge to improve water quality and essential habitats by reestablishing the natural flushing between
Tarpon and Johnson bays. This grant will help fund installation of the second culvert.
Acres of Habitat To Be Restored:
The entire
scope of this large-scale restoration project involves
about
360 acres of
submerged lands populated by aquatic flora and
mangrove plants which are primary habitat for juvenile
fish species.
Project Description:
This ongoing project is a continuation of a Year 2003 Gulf of Mexico Foundation
CRP grant,
#2005. This
large-scale hydrologic restoration project located in
southern Florida consists of two phases. Phase One
encompasses the construction of two large box culverts
and a small bridge to re-establish tidal flow interrupted
when four islands were connected by a road constructed in
'50s and '60s. Phase Two will construct visitors
facilities. Grant #3003 ($51,000) will help fund construction of
the second culvert, part of Phase One.
Aerial View of Tarpon & Johnson Bays showing historic tidal flows
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Aerial view of Tarpon & Johnson Bays with
first culvert installed
and proposed
second culvert and bridge
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All
Quarterly Progress Reports identical: (Jan 2004 - July 2005)
by project leader Cheryl Metzger
Through combined funding of the 2003 CRP grant and another agency, installation of the first culvert was completed in April
2004.
Funds from the Gulf of Mexico Foundation grant #3003 will
help pay for installation of the second culvert.
Presently, funding is still being secured so no work has been initiated.
Culvert with tidal flushing
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photo by Rookery Bay staff - October 2004
Manatee traveling through the Tarpon Bay culvert - May
19, 2005
Photo by Alan McLaughlin, Isles of Capri Fire & Rescue Dept
Newsletter about Tarpon Bay from Florida DEP (pdf)
Project Partners
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