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
April 5, 2009 by
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
April 4, 2009 by
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 high … [Read more...]
Wetland Restoration and Climate Change Publication
January 23, 2009 by
After months of working with the publisher, Springer, and our colleagues at Ramsar this important new paper, Wetlands and global climate change: the role of wetland restoration in a changing world has been published in the Journal of Wetlands Ecology … [Read more...]
Prairie Pines Preserve Recreational Facilities
January 2, 2009 by
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
November 1, 2008 by
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)
October 1, 2008 by
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
September 1, 2008 by
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
September 1, 2008 by
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...]
Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club
May 1, 2008 by
The Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club is located on a 175-acre property, of which 120 acres is permanently preserved conservation area, in Collier County, southwest Florida. KECE was instrumental to the permitting process for this development, and developed … [Read more...]