Ulele Spring
Ulele Spring is located on a property owned by a private business who contracted AquaTech Eco Consultants through Ecosphere to restore two basins of the Ulele Spring with SAV. The lower basin of the spring is connected to the Hills-borough River, resulting in a slightly saline envi-ronment. AquaTech installed 600 H. wrightii PU’s and 200 […]
Rock Ponds SWIM SAV Introduction
Rock Ponds, a SWIM project located in Ruskin, FL, is a large ecosystem restoration project completed by SWFWMD containing 398 acres of estuarine and freshwater habitat. Two sites within this area were planted with a total of two acres (9,600 PU) of Halodule wrightii. Planting units installed were bare-root units of H. wrightii. This planting […]
FLDEP PSR6 Prop Scar Restoration Area
A 25acre area within St Joseph Bay with a high concentra-tion of prop scars was previously identified by FLDEP as being in need of restoration efforts. Prop scar restoration efforts carried out by FLDEP were not successful. AquaTech along with Ecosphere collaborated with FLDEP and identified two, one-acre regions within PSR 6 that had been […]
MacDill AFB SWIM GC SAV Introduction
Two saltwater ponds located on MacDill Air Force Base Bay Palms Golf Complex were planted with one acre (4,800 PU) of Halodule wrightii. Planting units installed were bare-root units of H. wrightii. This planting effort was the first introduction of SAV species in these man-made eco-systems. The goal of this project was to introduce native […]
FWC Youth Conservation Center SAV Introduction
One acre (4,800 PU) of Halodule wrightii was planted in a man-made saltwater basin located on FWC’s YCC campus. Planting units installed were bare-root units of H. wrightii. This planting effort was the first introduction of SAV species in these man-made ecosystems. The goal of this project was to introduce native SAV species into an […]
City of Cape Coral SAV Introduction
The City of Cape Coral contracted AquaTech Eco Consultants under the Ecosphere Restoration Institute Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Statewide Restoration and Aquaculture Program (LPA0282) to introduce SAV at two sites with the goal of the creation of valuable SAV/seagrass habitat. Two separate sites, Yellow Fever Creek and Crystal Lake, were planted each with one acre […]