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Tampa BayAdoption of Goals to Restore Historical Balance of Wetlands
Category: Wetland Cost: An average of $50,000/acre Description: As a major program goal, Tampa Bay Estuary Program partners are striving to restore the historical balance between tidal wetlands and low-salinity wetlands. The specific goals are to restore 100 acres of oligohaline wetlands every five years and 1800 acres over time. Outcome: For the period 1995-1999, Tampa Bay Estuary Program partners restored 250 acres of low salinity wetlands, exceeding the five-year goal by 150 percent. The 1340 acres of mangrove and salt marsh habitat restored over the same period add significantly to the 18,800 acres of those habitats found in the Tampa Bay system. Contact: Holly Greening, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, hgreening@tbep.org Citation: Setting Priorities for Tampa Bay Habitat Protection and Restoring the Balance, 1995. Technical Publication #09-95, Tampa Bay Estuary Program, prepared by Lewis Environmental Services, Inc. (R.R. Lewis III and D. Robison). |