Corkscrew Regional Wetland Mitigation Bank

An aerial view of the site (looking NW). Restoration has just commenced in Cell 5 (dark soil). Spring 2005.

The 635 acre Corkscrew Regional Mitigation Bank is owned by South Florida Water Management District and was originally permitted and developed by Mariner Properties Development, Inc. under contract with the District. In 2008, EarthMark Southwest … [Read more...]

Gulfstream Natural Gas Pipeline Environmental Permitting & Mitigation

Gulfstream Natural Gas System's pipeline route in Florida.

KECE began working on the Gulfstream Natural Gas System's pipeline project in the spring of 1999, providing support, training, and quality assurance for over 300 miles of habitat mapping, wetland jurisdictional delineations, and listed species … [Read more...]

Lake Wales Forest

Restoration progress (2003)

The Lake Wales Forest Mitigation and Net Ecosystem Benefit Site (LWF) is a 398.5 acre wetland and upland restoration site located in southern Polk County which represents a portion of the required mitigation resulting from unavoidable impacts … [Read more...]

Manatee Wetland Restoration Project

Created freshwater marsh progress (2007).

The Manatee wetland mitigation and net ecosystem benefit (NEB) site is a 200 acre property located west of the city of Parrish in Manatee County, Florida. This property is within the Little Manatee River and Tampa Bay watershed basins and is … [Read more...]

Harbor Key Coastal Ecosystem Management

December 2004

Harbor Key is located in lower Tampa Bay, Manatee County, Florida and consists of a coastal strand community with a narrow mangrove fringe. The coastal strand was significantly impacted by exotic plants, primarily Brazilian pepper. The site has … [Read more...]

Prairie Pines Preserve Recreational Facilities

Wildlife Observation Blind at Prairie Pines Preserve

KECE worked with the Lee County Parks and Recreation Department to help design a new park in North Fort Myers known as Prairie Pines Preserve. This project involved the design, permitting and construction inspection of resource-based public … [Read more...]

Density Reduction-Groundwater Resource (DR/GR) Area Study

Historic hydropatterns based upon ecological interpretation of 1953 aerial photographs.

The Density Reduction/Groundwater Resource (DR/GR) area includes approximately 83,000 acres of protected wetlands, conservation areas and agricultural lands. … [Read more...]

Integrating Rare Florida Scrub Habitat into the Viera East Community Design (Brevard County, Florida)

Scrub-Jay-crop-reduced-size

KECE was the primary environmental consultant on the planning, design, permitting and implementation of the Viera East Community in Brevard County, Florida. The Viera East Community includes over 1,000 acres of preserves with the majority being … [Read more...]

Lehigh Headwaters Initiative

Lehigh Headwaters Initiative

Water resource management issues within the East County Water Control District (ECWCD) effects on man-made and natural systems and communities on and offsite  (including the Caloosahatchee River, Orange River, Hickey’s Creek, Bedman Creek, Estero … [Read more...]

Florida Atlantic University

The Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University is located on a 1,000 acre site in southeastern Palm Beach County. Almost ninety-two acres on the campus have been classified as preservation or conservation. KECE developed and initiated a habitat … [Read more...]