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end. Additional assessments of hydrologic and culvert function is needed. Once an assessment is
completed a plan is needed that provides a scope of work that prioritizes roads and water crossing
impoundments and ditch restoration. Consideration should be given to using low water crossings
rather than culverts in wetland areas of roads where access by two wheel drive vehicles is not
critical. Recommend DOF seek more information from SJRWMD on ongoing trends from recent
monitoring of the rivers here.
III.G. Resource Protection
� May need sovereign land survey for boundary.
� New survey should be done adding state lands.
� Law enforcement support appears to be pretty minimal.
III.H. Adjacent Property Concerns
� Development is at a standstill. A1A retention ponds will have to move one access road.
IV. Public Access & Education
� There are plenty of roads in the forest. Road pass ability is often difficult. Keep Boggy Creek
landing as a primitive, underdeveloped site, no picnic tables etc. need more hiking only trails.
� Roads need much improvement for all weather all season access- no new roads needed.
� Roads are sufficient for public access/quality of roads is very poor.
� Close roads when they get too wet. There is adequate public access but quality of roads at this
time is hindering access. DOF is doing a good job trying to improve these conditions.
� Opportunities for public access appear to be good at this time. However the poor quality of the
roads currently limits the ability of the public to access the forest be vehicle. Beautiful landings
along the rivers of this forest, just gorgeous. More efforts are needed to establish recreation trails.
No primitive campsites have yet been developed. More state forest identification signage is needed
at the forest entrances once highway construction is completed.
V. Infrastructure/Management Resources
� Don’t need bathrooms. As far as trash disposal, if they bring it in they need to take it out
philosophy. One staff for 13,000 acres is very inadequate. Need road grader dump truck front end
loader.
� Need to motor grader for road maintenance as well as a dump truck with a front loader/hoe. Need
more than one person on 13,000 acres. Road funding is insufficient especially for a start up budget
would be fine on an established property.
� May need restroom facilities onsite once more people start coming in the park.
� One staff member is not adequate for this property. Need more funding to meet management plan
needs.
� The staff/equipment building in the plan has not been initiated. A motor grader, front end loader
and dump truck are needed to assist with the road progress in this forest. Additional funding is
needed to address improvements to public roads on the forest to allow all season access. More
biological support is needed to assist in invasive control, plant and animal surveys and restoration
of natural groundcover.
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