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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Community Development Department Indian River County u <br />Page <br />PURPOSE <br />1 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />1 <br />EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />2 <br />Abiotic Features <br />2 <br />Geology <br />2 <br />• Commercially Valuable Minerals <br />2 <br />Soils <br />5 <br />Soil Series <br />6 <br />• Soils of the Sand Ridges <br />6 <br />• Soils of the Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes <br />6 <br />• Soils of Flatwoods, Low Knolls and Ridges <br />6 <br />• Soils of the Sloughs, Hammocks and Drainageways <br />10 <br />• Soils of the Freshwater Swamps and Marshes <br />10 <br />Soil Erosion <br />10 <br />• Shoreline Erosion <br />12 <br />• Erosion Control on Development Sites <br />12 <br />Water Resources <br />12 <br />Surface Water <br />13 <br />• Upper St. Johns River Basin <br />14 <br />• Indian River Lagoon <br />15 <br />• Intracoastal Waterway <br />16 <br />• St. Sebastian River <br />16 <br />• Surface Water Quality <br />17 <br />• Wetlands <br />23 <br />• Wetland Regulations <br />24 <br />• Floodplains <br />25 <br />Groundwater <br />28 <br />• Surficial Aquifer <br />28 <br />• Floridan Aquifer <br />29 <br />Water Use <br />30 <br />Water Conservation <br />31 <br />• St. Johns River Water Management District <br />31 <br />• Indian River County <br />32 <br />Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species <br />32 <br />Florida Scrub -jay Habitat Conservation Plan <br />37 <br />Manatee Protection Plan <br />37 <br />Sea Turtle Habitat Conservation Plan <br />37 <br />Gopher Tortoise Protection <br />38 <br />Community Development Department Indian River County u <br />