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Unit Name: St. Marks River State Park<br />

Acres: 2,589.67 Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Description:<br />

DRP<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

275<br />

Plan currently<br />

in process<br />

Nestled along the banks <strong>of</strong> the St. Marks River, this park is being developed as a multi-use<br />

recreational area, with an extensive system <strong>of</strong> hiking, horseback, <strong>of</strong>f-road bicycling and canoe/<br />

kayaking trails. The existing road network in the park takes visitors through upland pine forests,<br />

hardwood thickets and natural plant communities along the banks <strong>of</strong> the river.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Resource Management<br />

• Park staff successfully developed and implemented a burn program and has conducted several<br />

burns since the property was originally purchased.<br />

• Park Staff are in the process <strong>of</strong> mapping gopher tortoise burrows for a detailed survey <strong>of</strong><br />

tortoise populations.<br />

Visitor Services<br />

• Park staff worked with two equestrian clubs in the Tallahassee area to develop a day use area<br />

with trail head and parking for 20 vehicles and 6 equestrian trailers.<br />

• Volunteers are now working on the layout <strong>of</strong> an 8-mile <strong>of</strong> trail system.

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