Establishes and enforces state water quality standards, has regulatory responsibilities pertaining to wetlands, stormwater, dredging and habitat protection. Additionally, FDEP's Office of Coastal & Auquatic Managed Areas is responsible for the Loxahatchee River - Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve. (http:// www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/sites/loxaha tchee/).
The federal government, specifically the US Fish & Wildlife Service (http://www.rivers.gov/index.html), is responsible for the Wild & Scenic portion of the Loxahatchee.
Manages environmental and recreational components of Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park and co-manages Loxahatchee River Corridor with Palm Beach County.
Serves as the biological consultants on fisheries and fish habitats to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Manages environmental and recreational components of Pal Mar and Corbett Wildlife Areas.
Involved in the acquisition, construction and maintenance of transportation corridors, and their associated storm water facilities, within the Loxahatchee River watershed.
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Develops agricultural best management practices to enhance water quality and increase irrigation efficiency and administers the Wetland Reserve Program.
Art of Landscape Photography Workshop
Join nature photographer John J. Lopinot for a three-day workshop on The Art of Landscape Photography at the Loxahatchee River Center on January 20, 21 and 22, 2011.
