Thursday, March 1, 2012

Snook Island Grand Opening

Lake Worth City Commission and other Dignataries
Read Palm Beach Post article

Lake Worth Commissioner Suzanne Mulvehill

Geese flew in for the event

Benefits
More seagrass beds in the Lagoon, providing a food source and nursery habitat for many species.
Improved habitat for birds using the open areas of shoreline and mud flats. Improved habitat for fish. Anglers report catching numerous large snook and other desirable fish species around the islands.

Project Partners
Palm Beach County, City of Lake Worth,Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Inland Navigation District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Palm Beach County Commissioner
District 3
Shelley Vana

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Snook Island project looks great but they need more signs.

On the nature walkway I say a woman riding her bike plus there were fisherman at the lookout area.

We have plenty of bikeways in LW and the Snook Island Area has a special, extenisive pier area for fishing.