Environmental Lands Division
The Environmental Lands Division manages the County's Preserves
and Management Areas. Our mission is to provide sound stewardship to the County's wild lands and opportunities for the appreciation of their intrinsic
value.
For more information on each environmental land put your mouse cursor on it and click.
The Division is comprised of four sections: Administration, Land Management,
Research and Education. The Division Administrator is responsible for
overall direction of the program. Each of the remaining three Sections
are directed by a Program Coordinator. Offices for most of our staff are
located at Brooker Creek Preserve near Tarpon Springs. The remaining staff
members are located at Weedon Island Preserve in St. Petersburg.
The Environmental Lands Division is the newest division within the Department
of Environmental Management, established in 1998. Prior to that time,
Weedon Island Preserve was managed by the County's Park Department. Brooker
Creek Preserve was established by the Board of County Commissioners in
1991 and its first staff was hired in 1992 within the Department of Environmental
Management. The Division was created by taking Weedon Island Preserve
out of the Park Department and merging the staffs of both Preserves. Also
at that time, additional County-owned lands were placed within the Division.
Today, the Division is responsible for 14 separate Preserves and Management
Areas, totaling more than 14,000 acres located throughout Pinellas County.
For more information about us, please contact us at ELD@pinellascounty.org
or by calling 727-453-6900.
E-mail addresses are public records under Florida law and are not exempt from public-records requirements. If you do not want your e-mail address to be subject to being released pursuant to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by telephone (727) 453-6900 or in writing, via the United States Postal Service.
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Pinellas County Preserve Ordinance 2-6
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