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2008 Aerial View

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Alligator Lake Management Area:Ecological Restoration Project

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Site Plan

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Similar Successful Projects, Birkitt Environmental ServicesThe Lake Okeechobee Isolated Wetlands Restoration & Creation Program

The Lake Okeechobee Isolated Wetlands Restoration and Creation Program

(LOIWRCP) was developed to route nutrient enriched water from agricultural lands

through restored or created wetlands to remove total phosphorus loading to the

lake. LOIWRCP is a voluntary landowner cost-sharing program funded through the

South Florida Water Management District, which offers landowners the opportunity

to restore wetlands that have been converted to other uses or to create new

wetlands. Birkitt Environmental Services, Inc. (Birkitt) was selected as the leader of

a team of professionals comprised of hydrologists, geologists, civil engineers, and

surveyors. The fi rst project assigned under this contract was the Kirton Ranch site.

The Birkitt Team conducted natural resource and soils assessments, topographic

surveys, and hydrologic analysis for this wetland restoration project. This project

included preparation of a wetland management plan, wetland restoration design for

approximately 400 acres of wetlands, state and federal permitting and landowner

coordination and construction. Construction was completed in March 2004. Birkitt

completed an additional project to conduct restoration activities on a 68-acre parcel

of State owned land near Lemkin Creek located in Okeechobee County, Florida. This

parcel is adjacent to existing mined rock pits which are being considered for storage

and treatment of the City of Okeechobee’s stormwater runoff. It is anticipated that,

in the future, the restoration of the State parcel will be integrated with the urban

storage and treatment area directly to the north. This project included oversight

of exotic species removal and the development of a wetland management plan in

addition to the biological surveys, hydrologic assessment, and restoration design.

San Pedro Bay Mitigation Bank Off site Mitigation Design & Permitting

Birkitt was responsible for project management of a team that included hydrologists,

geologists, archeologists, engineers, and biologists for this project. Services

encompassed environmental assessments, wetland restoration design, and

permitting negotiations for development of a 7000-acre mitigation bank in San Pedro

Bay, Taylor County, Florida. Tasks included preparation of permit applications and

negotiations with state and federal agencies using (WRAP) analysis for establishment

of mitigation credits. Our management of this project through the Federal Mitigation

Bank Review Team resulted in multi-agency approval of a Mitigation Banking

Instrument. Extensive ecological and hydrologic studies were conducted. Activities

included modeling and design of wetland restoration plans, development of success

criteria, monitoring of hydrologic and vegetative restoration components, and

agency negotiations. Restoration design components include installation of ditch

blocks and low water crossings for hydrologic restoration and removal of planted

pines for vegetative restoration of the site. The Florida Department of Environmental

Protection and the US Army Corps of Engineers have issued permits for the Bank.

Construction has been completed and credits are being sold, based on documented

success in achieving permit criteria.

Tampa Bay Mitigation Bank

Birkitt Environmental Services, Inc. (Birkitt) is a partner in the development of the

161-acre Tampa Bay Mitigation Bank (TBMB), a permitted off-site mitigation option

for wetland impacts in the Tampa Bay watershed. The Tampa Bay Estuary Program

and SWFWMD’s SWIM program identifi ed the TBMB site as a key location for

providing signifi cant ecological and water quality benefi ts to Cockroach Bay and

the Tampa Bay region. Intertidal habitat (42.2 acres), freshwater wetlands (81.3

acres), wetlands hammock (7.8 acres) and freshwater ponds (3.8 acres), as well as

native upland habitat are being created and restored to further improve essential

native habitat adjacent to Tampa Bay. Andrews Creek, which fl ows into Cockroach

Bay Aquatic Preserve, will be restored through removal of a concrete weir and

exotic species removal. Birkitt is providing environmental, project management,

and permitting services for the project, including design of wetlands restoration and

creation areas, native planting plan, and permit coordination with federal, state, and

local agencies. Permits from Southwest Florida Water Management District and the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been issued.

Construction is 90% complete. Signifi cant natural recruitment vegetation is

occurring and the estuarine portion of this site has been planted.

Pre-restorative Conditions

Restoration Scenario