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Comprehensive Plan <br />Conservation Element <br />TABLE 8.15 <br />ACREAGE (BY CATEGORY) REQUIRED TO BE PURCHASED <br />IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1990 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Upland Community Minimum <br />(Policy) Required Acreage <br />100 Year Floodplain (52) -1-00 1000 <br />Xeric Scrub (6.2) 5-0 100 <br />Tropical Hammock (N. Al A) (6.3) 100 <br />Pine Flatwoods/Dry Prairie (6.14) 300 500 <br />TOTAL NATIVE <br />UPLANDS (Objective 6) 7501,000 <br />Wetlands <br />Acreage <br />Acquired <br />6 2,475 <br />X8614 <br />137 118 <br />272 3.924 <br />62-3 4,785 <br />Acreage <br />Remaining <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />28 0 <br />127 9 <br />Wetlands function as important resources to Indian River County in that they provide <br />socioeconomic, as well as environmental quality benefits. Listed in Table 8.16 are the major <br />benefits generally associated with wetlands in Indian River County. <br />TABLE 8.16 <br />SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES <br />OF WETLANDS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />Socioeconomic <br />Flood control <br />Wave damage protection <br />Erosion control <br />Groundwater recharge <br />Livestock grazing <br />Fishing and shellfishing <br />Hunting <br />Recreation <br />Indian River County <br />Supplement # _ Ordinance #2005 - <br />Adopted <br />Environmental <br />Water quality maintenance: <br />Pollution filtration <br />Sediment removal <br />Oxygen production <br />Nutrient absorption <br />Aquatic productivity: <br />Juvenile fish habitat <br />Shellfish habitat <br />Conservation Element Page 76 <br />2005 Exhibit Page 3 <br />