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The DRAFT Brooker Creek Preserve Management Plan 2008 Update will be posted for review and comment by May 1, 2008. The original Brooker Creek Preserve Management Plan was adopted by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) in December 1993.

Brooker Creek Preserve Management Plan 2008 Update Timeline

Approximate Date Task
1 May

Draft posted on County website for public review

Presentation to the Pinellas County Environmental Science Forum (ESF)

Distribution: Florida Division of Forestry (FLDOF), Florida Communities Trust (FCT), Progress Energy, City of Oldsmar, Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Council of North County Neighborhoods (CNCN), Equestrian Partners

8 May Presentation to Friends of Brooker Creek Preserve, Inc. (FOBCP)
19 May Presentation to CNCN: 7pm at Crescent Oaks Community Center
5 June ESF final review and recommendations
10 June Public stakeholders' meeting: 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center - 3940 Keystone Road, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688
12 June FOBCP final review and recommendations
Mid-June Public stakeholders' meeting
Late-June Final draft posted on County website
Early-August Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) workshop
Late-August BOCC approval and adoption

Brooker Creek Preserve - Overview
At approximately 8000 acres today, the Brooker Creek Preserve is the largest remaining natural open space in Pinellas County. The Preserve was established in the early 1990s by the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners for the conservation of its natural resources, including native plant communities, wildlife habitat, and hydrology. The Preserve also provides compatible resource-based recreational opportunities for visitors.

The Preserve provides flood storage of stormwater within the wetlands and creek floodplains, maintains natural groundwater recharge, and helps to protect the Lake Tarpon Watershed.

The Department of Environmental Management's Environmental Lands Division manages the Brooker Creek Preserve along with Weedon Island Preserve, Shell Key Preserve, Mobbly Bayou Preserve, and more than a dozen Management Areas. The mission of the Division is to provide sound stewardship for these wild lands and waterways along with opportunities for the public to appreciate their intrinsic value.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to Division at:
Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management
Environmental Lands Division
3620 Fletch Haven Drive
Tarpon Springs, FL 34688
phone: (727) 453-6900
facsimile: (727) 453-6902
email: bcp@pinellascounty.org

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