Perdido II

Perdido II Mitigation Area / Perdido River and Bay Watershed / Escambia County / Legacy ID – UWRMP 5.1.4

In 2006, the NWFWMD purchased 5,456 acres of wetlands and forested upland buffers in the Perdido watershed from the International Paper Company (IP) and established the Perdido River Water Management Area (WMA).  These lands are being preserved and managed for ecological integrity in perpetuity.  Long-term natural resource management activities may include, where appropriate, prescribed fire, exotics control, road closures, erosion stabilization, restoration of vegetation communities, hydrologic improvements and other BMPs.  Perdido II mitigation, located within the Perdido River WMA, will consist of the restoration of ~67 acres to a mixture of hydric pine flatwoods, forested mixed wetlands, and mesic pine flatwoods.  This mitigation project is being implemented to offset impacts at US 90 Perdido River Bridge.

Phase II Restoration Plan

Perdido II USACE JD Form