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Conservation Foundation Protects 543 Acres in the Myakka Area

Purchase To Improve Health And Vitality Of The Myakka River.

Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast [1] has announced the permanent protection of the 543-acre Murphy Marsh within the Manatee County Myakka River watershed region. This land is in the most threatened portion of the watershed, and links three Myakka River conservation areas: the 1,143-acre Triangle Ranch, the 1,213-acre Lettuce Lakes property, and the Conservation Foundation’s newly conserved 38-acre Tatum Sawgrass Scrub Preserve.

Conserving Murphy Marsh enables the core of the 2,500-acre Tatum Sawgrass marsh to be restored, and will reduce flooding downstream, increase habitat for animals such as the wood stork, deer, and snook, and improve the health and vitality of the Myakka River. The endangered Florida panther is also seen in the area.

Protecting expansive tracts of private property such as Murphy Marsh is critical to maintaining water quality as water flows from the land into the Myakka River and through more than 40 miles of protected lands that buffer the river before it flows into the Charlotte Harbor estuary.

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