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Unit Name: Rock Springs Run State Reserve<br />

Acres: 14,083.26 Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Description:<br />

DRP<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

Sand pine scrub, pine flatwoods, swamps and miles <strong>of</strong> shoreline along Rock Springs Run and the<br />

Wekiva River make this reserve a refuge <strong>of</strong> natural beauty. Visitors can enjoy bicycling, hiking or<br />

horseback riding along 17 miles <strong>of</strong> trails. An equestrian outfitter provides rental horses. A former<br />

residence on the river has been converted for overnight accommodations. During the fall and<br />

winter months, hunting recreation is provided at the Reserve under the dual-agency lease with the<br />

FWC.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Resource Management<br />

• Reduced backlogged burn acreage.<br />

• Reduced a 107-acre monoculture sand pine stand within scrub community.<br />

• Located new gopher frog and new striped newt ponds.<br />

Visitor Services<br />

• Rockin’ the Pasture Event was established.<br />

264<br />

2005

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