Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/29/2023
8:30 am - 12:00 pm

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General Meeting

 

Lee County Hyacinth Control District

15191 Homestead Road

Lehigh Acres, FL 33971

 

1 CEU- Aquatics or Natural Area or Right of Way

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Presenter: Dr. Ernesto Lasso de la Vega, Lee County Hyacinth Control District

Hurricane Ian hit South West Florida on September 28, 2022 causing a surge of marine water that flooded most areas in Fort Myers bordering the Caloosahatchee River and Estero Bay, among many other areas along the coast. Most of the seawater rise models predicted the water level impacts to these flood zones. The areas affected by the storm are heavily populated with subdivisions that require storm water ponds in their development permits. These storm water ponds become features that, in addition to flooding control, enhance property values for their residents. The Lee County Hyacinth Control District created in 1993 a volunteer monitoring program called “Pond Watch” which educates citizens in Lee County about better ways to manage and improve the conditions of their ponds. The devastating damage of Hurricane Ian affected many of our Pond Watch volunteer ponds. These ponds are being studied by Pond Watch in order to provide the best management actions to recover their functionality and aesthetics. This presentation will provide information about the damage caused by high salinity conditions, the methodology to assess these ponds and possible practices to remediate their conditions.