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Unit Name: Oscar Scherer State Park<br />

Acres: 1,396.21 Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Description:<br />

DRP<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

Oscar Scherer State Park protects scrubby and pine flatwoods that were once widespread<br />

throughout Sarasota County. <strong>Florida</strong> scrub jays thrive in the park because <strong>of</strong> the long-term<br />

management <strong>of</strong> this community by park staff. Family and group camping, swimming, picnicking<br />

and canoeing opportunities are provided at the park, and the park has become a popular<br />

destination on the County’s paved Legacy Trail. Fifteen miles <strong>of</strong> natural-surface trails through the<br />

park’s beautiful natural areas provide additional opportunities for hiking, bicycling and wildlife<br />

viewing.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Resource Management<br />

• Worked with landowners and county staff to add park-protecting language to the revisions to<br />

the County’s Comprehensive Plan.<br />

• Signed an MOU with Sarasota County on Legacy Trail land resource management.<br />

Visitor Services<br />

• New accessible trail <strong>complete</strong>d around Lake Osprey,<br />

• Legacy Trail entrance and trailhead established.<br />

Capital Improvements<br />

• New Youth Area under construction through Boy Scout Eagle Projects.<br />

• Central sewage systems tie in with County force main engineered and underway.<br />

Other<br />

• Russ Delaney, President <strong>of</strong> the CSO, received the Governor’s Point <strong>of</strong> Light Award in 2008, and<br />

the 2009 Volunteer <strong>of</strong> the Year from the friends <strong>of</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> State Parks Inc.<br />

• Katie Allen named Youth Volunteer <strong>of</strong> the Year for 2009 by the friends <strong>of</strong> <strong>Florida</strong> State Parks<br />

Inc.<br />

• Our Volunteers provided 53,826 hours <strong>of</strong> service for the two-year period.<br />

255<br />

2000

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