Lafayette Creek (ILF)

Lafayette Creek Mitigation Area (ILF Project) / Choctawhatchee River and Bay Watershed / Walton County / Legacy ID – UWRMP 5.3.6

The NWFWMD acquired the 3,160-acre Lafayette Creek tract in 2004 as part of its continuing commitment to protect and preserve the water resources and natural habitat of northwest Florida.  This tract is also a component of the proposed Northwest Florida Greenway, which is intended to protect a natural ecological corridor extending from the Apalachicola National Forest westward to Eglin AFB.  Approximately 490 acres of the western portion of Lafayette Creek tract were purchased explicitly as mitigation for wetland impacts associated with the US 331 Freeport Realignment.  Portions of Lafayette Creek have been incorporated into the NWFWMD In-Lieu Fee Program.

June 20, 2011 Entrix-Cardno Restoration Plan