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Citrus County approves $45,000 partnership with FWC for lake tussock harvesting; board agrees to encumber lake-restoration funds
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a $45,000 contribution to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) lake restoration project to harvest floating tussocks in the Hernando pool of the Apopka chain; board also voted to encumber remaining county lake-restoration funds for future cooperative projects.
Citrus County commissioners voted to partner with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to remove floating tussocks from a lake in the Hernando pool of the Apopka chain, approving a $45,000 county contribution to a project led by FWC biologists.
The county will contribute up to $45,000 to allow Citrus County Aquatics to harvest about three acres of floating tussock at the site while FWC will fund the aquatic-harvesting contractor for 10 acres using its $150,000 allocation from state general revenue. The board also agreed to encumber balances in two county lake-restoration accounts so the funds can be used on future cooperative projects with FWC.
Anna Laws, a biologist with FWC's Aquatic Habitat Conservation and Restoration section, told commissioners the agency plans to…
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