2011: CRP Project # 10-06 Newman Branch Creek Phase II Habitat Restoration CRP Project Page Project Summary The Newman Branch Creek Habitat Restoration Project, located in southeast Hillsborough County, Florida, will be undertaken in an effort to restore estuarine and freshwater habitat in the Tampa Bay area.
The project will involve the removal of invasive exotic species, primarily Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) and the re-creation of a variety of native estuarine, freshwater, and upland habitats.
Historically Tampa Bay has lost up to 40% of its original marsh/mangrove habitat, with the oligohaline environs having the greatest proportion of these impacts.
The Tampa Bay Estuary Program (TBEP) and the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s (SWFWMD) Surface Water Improvement and Management Program (SWIM) have both identified that these habitats are critical in the restoration of Tampa Bay.
This project will further those objectives by resulting in at least 6 acres of estuarine habitat restoration/creation for fisheries habitat , which addresses the priorities identified by the TBEP.
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Project Name Newman Branch Creek Phase II – Habitat Restoration Project Project Location Hillsborough County, Florida Latitude/Longitude of the project site 27.78137 -82.404148 Land Ownership Private -Tampa Electric Company (TECO) with a perpetual Conservation Easement Anticipated NOAA Trust Resource(s) to benefit from restoration Snook ( Centropomus undecimalis ), redfish ( Scicenops ocellatus ), spotted sea trout ( Cunoscion nebulosus ), and perhaps the Atlantic Sturgeon ( Acipenser oxyrhynchus ) Project Start Date: December 2010 Project End Date: December 2011 Contact Info Thomas F.
Ries, Board President Ecosphere Restoration Institute, Inc.
5886 E.
Fowler Ave.
Tampa, Fl.
33716 www.ecosphererestoration.org