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Unit Name: Hickey Creek<br />

Acres: 6.99<br />

Description:<br />

Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

Lee County<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

323<br />

9/2003<br />

These 6.99 acres are being managed as part <strong>of</strong> the 862-acre Hickey Creek Mitigation Park. The<br />

purpose <strong>of</strong> establishing the Hickey’s Creek/Greenbriar Connector was to create and maintain a<br />

wildlife corridor between Hickey’s Creek Mitigation Park and Greenbriar Swamp, which is owned<br />

and maintained by the East County Water Control District. This site will also provide opportunities<br />

for hydrological restoration and resource based recreation facilities. Funding for restoration<br />

activities for the site has not yet been acquired.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Other:<br />

Due to this small acreage being part <strong>of</strong> a larger project owned and managed by Lee County,<br />

the Office <strong>of</strong> Greenways and Trails (OGT) is currently in the process <strong>of</strong> working with the<br />

FDEP Division <strong>of</strong> State Lands to have the property put under a direct lease to Lee County.

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