The Northwest Florida Water Management District is taking some actions that it says will improve natural surface water drainage in the Pine Log Creek basin.
The Water Management Governing Board has approved a contract with a private contractor to eliminate about three miles of dirt logging roads and adjacent ditches in the Pine Log Creek area.
That will be done by pushing road fill material into the ditches to reestablish the natural grade of the land.
The project also includes building 11 hardened low water crossings, 30 earthen ditch plugs, one flashboard riser and 22 culvert modifications.
The project is another step toward restoring the natural water flow into the Apalachicola Bay system and fixing the damage done by decades of logging.
This project is expected to enhance the quality and timing of surface water runoff to Pine Log Creek and East Bay.
Over time it should also help restore lost wetlands and improve fish and wildlife habitat in the Apalachicola River and Bay system.
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