US Army Corps of Engineers

BUILDING STRONG®

Vulnerable estuarine habitats

Last Large Freshwater Wetland Corridor in Project Area

One of the Last Old Growth Cypress Floodplains in the SE Florida

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LOXAHATCHEE RIVER WATERSHED RESTORATION PROJECT

Study and Project Area Virtual Tour December 2014

1

BUILDING STRONG®

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER WATERSHED

RESTORATION PRE-DEVELOPMENT

CYPRESS STRANDS

AND PINEWOODS

2

BUILDING STRONG®

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

ATLANTIC OCEAN

JUPITER INLET

LAKE WORTH INLET

ST. LUCIE ESTUARY

LAK

E W

OR

TH LA

GO

ON

STUDY AREA

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER

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PRE-DEVELOPMENT

LOXAHATCHEE SLOUGH

ARTHUR R. MARSHALL

LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGE

BUILDING STRONG®

I-95

Indiantown Road

I-95

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

ATLANTIC OCEAN

JUPITER INLET

LAKE WORTH INLET

ST. LUCIE ESTUARY

LAK

E W

OR

TH LA

GO

ON

ROADWAYS/COMMUNITIES

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER

4

ARTHUR R. MARSHALL

LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGE

BUILDING STRONG®

M-O

C-51

C-18 WEST

M CANAL

C-17 EPB-6

MASTERN DAM

LAINHART DAM

G-92

S-46

S-34

S-155A

S-5A

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

ATLANTIC OCEAN

JUPITER INLET

LAKE WORTH INLET

ST. LUCIE ESTUARY

LAK

E W

OR

TH LA

GO

ON

MAJOR CANALS

AND STRUCTURES

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER

5

C-18

Weir

ARTHUR R. MARSHALL

LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGE

BUILDING STRONG®

PAL MAR

J.W. CORBETT WILDLIFE

MANAGEMENT AREA

DUPUIS RESERVE

LOXAHATCHEE SLOUGH NATURAL

AREA

GRASSY WATER

PRESERVE

JONATHAN

DICKINSON STATE

PARK

HUNGRYLAND SLOUGH NATURAL

AREA

HISTORIC MOONSHINE

CREEK

KITCHING CREEK

CYPRESS CREEK

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER NORTHWEST FORK

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER ESTUARY

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

ATLANTIC OCEAN

JUPITER INLET

LAKE WORTH INLET

ST. LUCIE ESTUARY

LAK

E W

OR

TH LA

GO

ON

NATURAL AREAS

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ARTHUR R. MARSHALL

LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGE

BUILDING STRONG®

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

ATLANTIC OCEAN

JUPITER INLET

LAKE WORTH INLET

ST. LUCIE ESTUARY

LAK

E W

OR

TH LA

GO

ON

BASINS TODAY

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER

L-8 BASIN C-18 BASIN

C-51 EAST BASIN

LOXAHATCHEE

7

ARTHUR R. MARSHALL

LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGE

BUILDING STRONG®

LAKE OKEECHOBEE

ATLANTIC OCEAN

JUPITER INLET

LAKE WORTH INLET

ST. LUCIE ESTUARY

LAK

E W

OR

TH LA

GO

ON

EXISTING CONDITIONS

ARTHUR R. MARSHALL

LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL

WILDLIFE REFUGE

Limited connections and

storage to capture and

move water to meet

environmental needs

Overdrainage of headwater

systems reduces base flow

LOXAHATCHEE RIVER

(COLORS = NATURAL AREAS)

L-8 BASIN

C-18 BASIN

C-51 EAST BASIN

LOXAHATCHEE

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BUILDING STRONG®

IMPACTS TO

NORTHWEST FORK

1940 1953 1964

1979

+

1985 1995

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BUILDING STRONG®

Indiantown Road

North County Airport

FLOWS TO LOXAHATCHEE RIVER NORTHWEST FORK VIA C-18 BASIN

Loxahatchee

Slough

Grassy Waters

Preserve

10

C-18 West

C-18 East

Loxahatchee NW Fork

G-92

BUILDING STRONG®

G-160

G-161

G-92

C-18

Weir

GRASSY

WATERS PRESERVE

MECCA

SITE

FLOWS TO LOXAHATCHEE RIVER

NORTHWEST FORK VIA C-18 BASIN

G-92

11

G-161

G-160

BUILDING STRONG®

C-10A S-76

L-8 Canal

L-8 Tieback Canal

Ctrl 2 PS M Canal

FLOWS TO LOXAHATCHEE RIVER NORTHWEST FORK VIA L-8 BASIN

12

BUILDING STRONG®

Public Lands

FLOWS TO LOXAHATCHEE RIVER NORTHWEST FORK VIA CYPRESS CREEK

13

BUILDING STRONG®

PDT DISCUSSION

14 Lainhart Dam