FY2012 Projects: Northern Everglades – Payment for Environmental Services
Alderman-Deloney Ranch, 147 acre-feet, Okeechobee County - Two culverts with riser structures installed in drainage ditches will retain water at a higher level in 322 acres of two natural isolated wetlands.
Buck Island Ranch, 1,573 acre-feet, Highlands County - Thirty-seven culverts with riser structures installed in drainage ditches will retain water in the ditches, pastures and wetlands of 3,748 acres of agriculturally improved pasture.
Dixie Ranch, 856 acre-feet, Okeechobee County – Three water retention management areas in the Chandler Hammock Slough and Turkey Slough area will have stabilized water control structures to retain excess stormwater in on-site ditches and wetlands.
Dixie West, 315 acre-feet, Okeechobee County – Two water retention management areas will have stabilized water control structures to retain excess stormwater in on- site ditches and wetlands.
Lightsey Cattle Company, XL Ranch, 887 acre-feet, Highlands County – Seventeen water control structures and 20 sheetpile ditch weirs will reduce runoff, increase water storage and maintain higher groundwater levels on adjacent pasture. The project will also incorporate an existing 580-acre reservoir into the total 765 acres of water management service area.
Lost Oak Ranch, 374 acre-feet, Polk County – Multiple, stabilized water control structures will retain stormwater on the ranch and reduce excess volumes of runoff reaching Lake Kissimmee.
Triple A Ranch, 397 acre-feet, Okeechobee County – Construction of a 104.6-acre aboveground impoundment will provide additional on-site runoff retention.
Willaway Cattle & Sod, 229 acre-feet, Okeechobee County – Construction of a 60.1- acre aboveground impoundment will provide storage of excess runoff for later recycling as irrigation for sod.