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44 Water Quality Status Report: Perdido River and Bay and Lillian Swamp-Caney Bayou Tract in 2003 (Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 2006). These tracts geographically compliment the Nature Conservancy’s purchase of the Betty and Crawford Rainwater Perdido River Nature Preserve and proposed state acquisition of the Lower Perdido River Buffer. Perdido Key State Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, and Big Lagoon State Park protect and preserve fragile coastal dune ecosystems, scrub, and estuarine marsh ecosystems from development. These parks provide important habitat for rare and imperiled species. The endangered Perdido Key mouse is limited in range to dunes located on Perdido Key. Four species of marine sea turtles —loggerhead, leatherback, Ridley, and green sea—utilize these coastal parks for nesting. More detail about plants and animals is contained in the “Biological Resources” section located earlier in this chapter. Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership The Gulf Coastal Plain Ecosystem Partnership includes the following government, business, and environmental interests: Department of Defense, Department, Florida Division of Forestry, International Paper, Conecuh National Forest, Nokuse Plantation, NWFWMD, and the Nature Conservancy. The parties operate together under a 1996 Memorandum of Understanding for the management of about 1 million acres of northwest Florida and south Alabama. The partnership is directed by a Steering Committee composed of two representatives of each participating organization. The purpose of the Plains Ecosystem partnership is to provide a collaborative approach to the preservation and management of natural lands. Members of the partnership have agreed to a set of land management principles directed at ecosystem preservation through the use of prescribed burns, recovering listed species, and sharing and exchanging relevant information and technology on new land management techniques. Through collaboration and pooling of resources, the partners are able to leverage the purchase of additional conservation lands. Within the Perdido River and Bay Basin, the partnership has provided review and assistance for the Department’s Tarkiln Bayou Burn Plan and assistance with purchases of the Betty and Crawford Rainwater Perdido River Nature Preserve along the Perdido River.
Water Quality Status Report: Perdido River and Bay 45 Chapter 3: Preliminary Surface Water Quality Assessment Scope of the Preliminary Assessment This chapter presents the results of a preliminary assessment of surface water quality in the Perdido River and Bay Basin. The primary purpose of this assessment is to determine if waterbodies or waterbody segments are to be placed on the Planning List of potentially impaired waterbodies. The listing will be in accordance with evaluation thresholds and data sufficiency and data quality requirements in the Identification of Impaired Surface Waters Rule (IWR) (Rule 62-303, Florida Administrative Code [F.A.C.]). The results of the assessment will be used to identify monitoring priorities in Phase 2 of the watershed management cycle and help the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (Department) coordinate with regional and local monitoring activities. The chapter describes the planning units in the basin used as a basis for the preliminary assessment. A section on each planning unit contains a general description and summary of key water quality indicators (such as nutrients, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen [DO], and microbiological parameters). Permitted discharges, land uses, ecological status, and water quality improvement plans and projects are summarized for each planning unit. The discussion notes where applicable surface water quality criteria have been exceeded and summarizes the report’s findings in maps, noting potentially impaired waterbodies in each planning unit. The chapter also contains background information on sources of data and on designated use attainment, and explains the state’s integrated water quality assessment process. While potentially impaired waters and their causative pollutants are identified, it is not within the scope of this report to identify discrete sources of potential impairments. Information on the sources of impairment will be developed in subsequent phases of the watershed management cycle, including total maximum daily load (TMDL) development and implementation. Appendix A contains a discussion of the legislative and regulatory background for TMDL development and implementation. The methodology used to develop the Planning List is provided in Appendix B. The complete text of the IWR is available at http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/ tmdl/docs/AmendedIWR.pdf.
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