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Notice of Grant Requirements

River Styx TractApril 9, 2013

River Styx Tract

• North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) funded by USFWS

• Alachua County has partnered in 4 phases of the North Florida Wetlands Conservation Project resulting in $1million for each phase for the partners

• A match of cash (50%) or land is required.

• Alachua County received $1 million for Whitehurst (Phase 2)

• Previous Match Tracts: Perry, Barr Hammock

River Styx Tract

• Phase 3 brings $550,000 to Fowler’s Prairie, adjacent to ACT/Alachua County’s Little Orange Creek and City of Hawthorne’s LOCCHEC complex.

• Protects headwaters of Orange Lake

• No cost to the County

• Many stakeholders and partners: Alachua Conservation Trust, Conservation Trust for Florida, Putnam Land Conservancy, Hawthorne, Friends of Little Orange Creek

• SJRWMD meeting in April to approve Notice on R. Styx