Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative Habitat Working Group April 5, :00am 12:00pm

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1 Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative Habitat Working Group April 5, :00am 12:00pm Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management 2300 North Jog Road 1 st Floor Vista Center 1E-60 West Palm Beach, FL (561) I. Introductions AGENDA II. Business A. LWL Benthic Analysis at Fixed Transect Locations Cheryl Miller, Coastal Eco-Group B. LWL Fisheries Monitoring Richard Paperno, Ph.D., FWC-FWRI C. LWL Fishing Challenge - PBC D. LWL Habitat Projects PBC E. Legislative Funding Request Mayra Ashton, PBC F. Florida s Wildlife Legacy Initiative Dan O Malley, FWC G. Manatee Season Amber Howell, FWC H. Announcements, Comments I. Future Topic Suggestions III. Next Meeting A. LWLI Steering Committee SFWMD April 18, 2018 B. NEXT LWLI Habitat Working Group September 2018 This group was created as an informal forum for the exchange of information about the Lake Worth Lagoon. We hope to increase our collective awareness of enhancement and monitoring efforts and discuss opportunities and methodologies to restore and protect Lagoon resources. Everyone with an interest in the Lagoon is encouraged to attend and participate. Though we do not vote on any issues, nor make recommendations as a group to any decision-making body, we do expect that ideas generated by these discussions will result in collaborative efforts that enhance the Lagoon and raise public awareness of its valuable resources.

2 Lake Worth Lagoon Benthic Community Study (Coastal Eco-Group)

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4 Benthic Community Diversity Comparisons Sites Transects Richness S-W Diversity SG Transects Impacted Sites Supplemental Impacted Bonefish Cove Bryant Park South Currie Park El Cid Snook East Phil Foster Peanut Island Providencia Monceaux Summa

5 Community Composition

6 Fisheries Monitoring (FWC-FWRI) Munyon Island

7 Northern Lake Worth Lagoon Increased recreational and offshore/reef-associated species Jacks Snappers Negaprion brevirostris Lemon Shark Albula vulpes, Bonefish Mackerel

8 Central Lake Worth Lagoon Increased filter feeders and detritivors Anchovies Menhadens/Shads Harengula jaguana (Scaled Sardine)

9 Several species are found in similar abundance throughout Lake Worth Lagoon Shrimp Flatfish Centropomus undecimalis, Common Snook Mojarras Leiostomus xanthurus, Spot

10 Bryant Park Living Shoreline Project Before

11 Volunteers planting Spartina alterniflora and Red Mangroves in the living shoreline planters at Bryant Park

12 Current site conditions

13 Lyman Kayak Park

14 Tarpon Cove Chain of intertidal islands ½ mile in length 250 Capping muck sediments to create 46 acres of habitat ~440 Offshore / ~250 from ICW Kayak Blueway Trail ~400,000 cy of material ~16,000 tons of rock 35 acres sav 2.7 acres intertidal 2.1 acres reef / breakwater

15 Tarpon Cove

16 Monceaux Park A series of three (3) planters. Construction of limestone planters to create 0.2 acres of intertidal habitat. Installation of limestone riprap to provide oyster habitat and wave attenuation.

17 Providencia Park A series of three (3) planters and two (2) islands. ~60,000 cy of sand Capping muck sediments to create 6 acres of habitat. ~350 Offshore / ~200 from ICW Kayak Blueway Trail

18 Enhancements to Bird Islands Grassy Flats Bird Nesting Area Snook Islands II Bird Nesting Area Bryant Park Bird Nesting Area

19 Enhancements to Bryant Park Snook Islands II Bird Nesting Berm With Shell Layer Grassy Flats Bird Nesting Berm With Shell Layer

20 Enhancement to Grassy Flats

21 Grassy Flats

22 Grassy Flats

23 Grassy Flats

24 Bryant Park