Site Management Plans

The Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection is updating site-specific management plans for its aquatic preserves and national estuarine research reserves. Sites in the process of updating their plans will hold public meetings to receive input on the draft plans. The objectives of the meetings are to:

• Inform the public about the history, purpose and scope of management plan development.
• Present the draft management plan.
• Solicit public input regarding issues and opportunities that are being or should be addressed in the management plan.

The plans listed below are under development:

• Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan
  • Public Meeting - December 13, 2023
  • Advisory Committee Meeting - December 14, 2023
  • Submitted to the Acquisition and Restoration Council - June 7, 2024
• Coupon Bight Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
  • Approved by the Acquisition and Restoration Council - February 9, 2024
• Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan
  • including Guana River Aquatic Preserve and Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve
  • Public Meeting - March 20, 2024
  • Advisory Committee Meeting - March 21, 2024
  • Submitted to the Acquisition and Restoration Council
• Northeast Florida Aquatic Preserves Management Plan
  • Nassau River-St. Johns River Marshes Aquatic Preserve
  • Fort Clinch Aquatic Preserve
• Pinellas County and Boca Ciega Bay Aquatic Preserves Management Plan

Complete List of Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection's Managed Areas and Associated Management Plans

• Alligator Harbor Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Apalachicola NERR Management Plan (current)
• Apalachicola NERR Management Plan (draft)
  • Apalachicola Bay Aquatic Preserve
• Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves Management Plan
• Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves Management Plan
  • Cape Haze Aquatic Preserve
  • Gasparilla Sound-Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve
  • Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve
  • Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve
  • Pine Island Sound Aquatic Preserve
• Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Coupon Bight Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Fort Pickens Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR Management Plan (current)
• Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR Management Plan (draft)
  • Guana River Marsh Aquatic Preserve
  • Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve
• Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserves System Management Plan
  • Banana River Aquatic Preserve
  • Indian River-Malabar to Vero Beach Aquatic Preserve
  • Indian River-Vero Beach to Fort Pierce Aquatic Preserve
  • Jensen Beach to Jupiter Inlet Aquatic Preserve
• Lake Jackson Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Lignumvitae Key Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Loxahatchee River-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Nassau River-St. Johns River Marshes and Fort Clinch Aquatic Preserves Management Plan (historic)
  • Fort Clinch Aquatic Preserve
  • Nassau River-St. Johns River Marshes Aquatic Preserve
• Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• North Fork, St. Lucie Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Oklawaha River Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Pinellas County Aquatic Preserves Management Plan
  • Boca Ciega Bay Aquatic Preserve
  • Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve
• Rainbow Springs Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Rocky Bayou Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Rookery Bay NERR Management Plan
  • Cape Romano-Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve
  • Rookery Bay Aquatic Preserve
• St. Andrews Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• St. Joseph Bay Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve Management Plan
• St. Martins Marsh Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Tomoka Marsh Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Wekiva River Aquatic Preserve Management Plan
• Yellow River Marsh Aquatic Preserve Management Plan