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Unit Name: Colt Creek State Park<br />

Acres: 5,066.98 Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Description:<br />

DRP<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

The park’s more than 5,000 acres include pine flatwoods, cypress domes, open pastures, two<br />

tributaries and several man-made lakes. Visitors can fish in one <strong>of</strong> three freshwater lakes, ride<br />

horses on marked trails, hike, bicycle and picnic, or just relax and enjoy the tranquility that only<br />

nature can provide. The initial development <strong>of</strong> park facilities is currently being <strong>complete</strong>d at this<br />

new unit in the state park system.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Resource Management<br />

• Began initial efforts at controlling invasive wildlife and plants during the reporting period.<br />

• Initiated FPS prescribed burn program and burned 1,179 acres during the reporting period.<br />

• Exceeded burn target acreage in FY 2009-10.<br />

• Began creation/restoration <strong>of</strong> an 8-acre forested wetland/marsh site in an area that had been<br />

converted to pasture land, in partnership with the SWFWMD and FL DOT.<br />

Visitor Services<br />

• Increased park visitation by <strong>of</strong>fering interpretive tram tours <strong>of</strong> the park.<br />

• Created a wheelchair-accessible fishing area and parking lot and hosted a fishing derby for the<br />

disabled.<br />

Capital Improvements<br />

• Began construction <strong>of</strong> road, entrance station, picnic area and a fishing pier with parking.<br />

170<br />

2007

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