ELLENTON, Fla -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Park Service will hold a public workshop on improvements planned for several parks.
Upgrades are proposed for Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site, Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park and Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park.
Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site is just under 10 acres and protects the National Register-listed Madira Bickel Mound, Florida's first designated state archaeological site.
Proposed updates for this park include adding a picnic pavilion and two new interpretive kiosks, to better inform visitors.
Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park is a 615-acre park only accessible by boat within the Tampa Bay Aquatic Preserve.
The park provides habitat for two endangered plant species, seven shorebird species and the Florida manatee.
It also provides protection for Little Cockroach Key archaeological site, which is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Proposed updates for this park include adding interpretive information at county boat ramps located at the end of Cockroach Bay Road and in Domino Park to better inform visitors about the history and sensitivity of the park.
Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park is a 32-acre park that protects the remaining portion of the original 3,500-acre pre-Civil War plantation and the mansion, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Proposed updates for this park include adding a kitchen facility at the current large picnic area, adding a bridal changing room in the vistor center and adding two covered picnic pavilions.
Proposed changes also include adding a restroom, picnic pavilion, a parking area and improvements to a hiking trail at the northern part of the park that contains the sugar mill ruins.
The workshop and presentation will be held Wednesday, November 19th at 7:00 pm at Palmetto City Hall.
There will also be an advisory group meeting held on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 9:00 a.m. at the visitors center at the Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park.
No comments:
Post a Comment