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These slides are excerpts from the Seminole Audubon Society

“ Time lends perspective to all things. A lake recovers from a sewage spill in a few years and eutrophication in a few decades. ”. These slides are excerpts from the Seminole Audubon Society Sept.16, 2012 Program: Lake Apopka Restoration by 
David Walker, Lake Apopka Basin Program Manager.

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These slides are excerpts from the Seminole Audubon Society

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  1. “Time lends perspective to all things. A lake recovers from a sewage spill in a few years and eutrophication in a few decades.” These slides are excerpts from the Seminole Audubon Society Sept.16, 2012 Program: Lake Apopka Restoration by 
David Walker, Lake Apopka Basin Program Manager

  2. Reduce Phosphorus Loading Lower Phosphorus Concentrations Lower Levels of Algae Time Greater Water Transparency Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (Habitat) Increased Game Fish Populations Reversing Eutrophication

  3. Restoration of Lake ApopkaSeminole County Audubon SocietySt. Johns River Water Management DistrictSeptember 16, 2012

  4. Harvesting Results for 1993-2011 Lake Apopka 19,500,000 lbs

  5. North Shore Restoration Area

  6. North Shore Restoration Area

  7. 363 species of birds documented to date, just three short of the 366 species found at Everglades National Park

  8. High Daily Counts1,660 BB Whistling Ducks76 L. Bitterns1,560 S.T. Kites305 N. Harriers523 K. Rails1,890 L.B. Dowitchers211 M. Wrens

  9. RaritiesPacific LoonRed-necked GrebeRough-legged HawkSooty TernHudsonian GodwitGolden EagleFork-tailed Flycatcher

  10. Lake Apopka Restoration AreaLand Management Plan

  11. “Someday this will all be yours”

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