KECE was the primary environmental consultant on the planning, design, permitting and implementation of the Viera East Community in Brevard County, Florida. The Viera East Community includes over 1,000 acres of preserves with the majority being … [Read more...]
Integrating Rare Florida Scrub Habitat into the Viera East Community Design (Brevard County, Florida)
October 1, 2008 Filed Under: Projects
Lehigh Headwaters Initiative
September 1, 2008 Filed Under: Projects
Water resource management issues within the East County Water Control District (ECWCD) effects on man-made and natural systems and communities on and offsite (including the Caloosahatchee River, Orange River, Hickey’s Creek, Bedman Creek, Estero … [Read more...]
Florida Atlantic University
September 1, 2008 Filed Under: Projects
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
May 1, 2008 Filed Under: Projects
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
December 1, 2006 Filed Under: Projects
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
December 1, 2005 Filed Under: Projects
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...]