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• FWC transplants aquatic plants to help restore Lake Walk-in-Water

  Thursday, May 12, 2022 -  The FWC is transplanting a total of 24,000 eelgrass plants on Lake Walk-in-Water, a 7,500-acre natural lake in Polk County, to help restore this popular, shallow sportfishing lake.

• FWC continues torpedograss management on Lake Okeechobee

  Monday, May 9, 2022 -  Torpedograss management has and will reestablish desirable and diverse aquatic plant communities at sparse to moderate densities, thereby increasing foraging, spawning and nesting habitat for invertebrate, fish, avian and other wildlife populations.

• FWC, partners work to restore aquatic habitat in Loxahatchee River

  Friday, May 6, 2022 -  Staff and partners will transplant 60,000 eelgrass plants along the shallow shoreline areas of the river north of the park.

• FWC planting trees, enhancing Lake Okeechobee habitat

  Wednesday, April 27, 2022 -  This new habitat addition, which is a continuation of seven years of planting efforts, is designed to enhance the marsh’s native plant community, while providing woody structure for nesting and roosting birds.

• FWC planting native aquatic plants to help restore Lake Istokpoga

  Tuesday, April 26, 2022 -  The FWC is planting more than 140,000 native aquatic plants on Lake Istokpoga, a 28,000-acre natural lake in Highlands County, to help restore this popular, shallow sportfishing lake.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Apopka and Johns Lake

  Friday, April 8, 2022 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and could impact access to navigation.

• FWC enhances Lake George and Silver Glen Spring by planting eelgrass

  Thursday, April 7, 2022 -  The FWC, in partnership with Clearwater Marine Aquarium, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service, is beginning a project to plant eelgrass, a native freshwater aquatic plant, in Lake George and Silver Glen Spring to enhance fish and wildlife habitat.

• Cherry Lake Working Group hosting public meeting on lake management

  Wednesday, April 6, 2022 -  The Cherry Lake Working Group is hosting a public meeting on Tuesday, April 19, from 6-8 p.m. at 4H Camp Cherry. Prior to the meeting, the Friends of Cherry Lake will host a BBQ from 4 to 5:30 p.m. with requested donations.

• FWC begins habitat enhancement project on Lake Jackson

  Thursday, March 24, 2022 -  Habitat enhancement efforts, including management of invasive plants in open water and replanting scraped sites with native bulrush, are scheduled to be completed by June 1, 2022.

• Join FWC for WildQuest, a scavenger hunt on Florida’s Wildlife Management Areas

  Wednesday, March 16, 2022 -  This year’s event will take place on twelve wildlife management areas across the state during the weekends of April 22-24 and April 29-May 1.