Florida Atlantic University

The Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University is located on a 1,000 acre site in southeastern Palm Beach County. Almost ninety-two acres on the campus have been classified as preservation or conservation. KECE developed and initiated a habitat … [Read more...]

Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club

Hamilton Harbor (Photo credit: Collier Enterprises)

The Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club is located on a 175-acre property, of which 120 acres is permanently preserved conservation area, in Collier County, southwest Florida. KECE was instrumental to the permitting process for this development, and developed … [Read more...]

Six Mile Cypress Slough Long-Term Ecological Monitoring

Six Mile Cypress Preserve (Photo credit: Lee County Parks & Rec)

As recently as the 1970’s Six Mile Cypress Slough (SMCS) was a relatively remote and unimpacted 2500 acre slough in rural Lee County southeast of Ft. Myers. At the present time, land development and water management activities may have reduced the … [Read more...]

South Seas Mangrove Restoration

Mangrove restoration work.

On August 13, 2004 the South Seas Resort on the north end of Captiva Island in Lee County, Florida, was severely impacted when it suffered a direct hit by Hurricane Charley’s 145 mph winds and higher gusts. More than 50 acres of mangrove forests … [Read more...]