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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element <br />Conservation and Recreational Uses of Natural Resources <br />At the present time, approximately 105,380 acres of conservation and recreational lands in Indian <br />River County are under public ownership or public conservation easement. This land is distributed <br />among federal, state, regional and local governments. Table 8.6 contains a list of such lands <br />currently under public ownership or public conservation easements. In addition to the lands listed in <br />Table 8.6, upland set-aside conservation areas, which have been required by the County since 1991 <br />for new development projects, have been established in residential and non-residential developments <br />throughout the county. <br />The Recreation and Open Space Element provides a detailed inventory of recreation and open space <br />properties and uses in Indian River County. As identified in the Recreation and Open Space <br />Element, "pastoral" open space is open space area set aside for conservation, natural resource <br />protection, or passive use purposes. This includes the county's environmentally sensitive areas, <br />resource based parks, and various conservation areas. <br />TABLE 8.6 <br />PUBLICLY OWNED CONSERVATION AND RECREATIONAL LANDS <br />IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />Name <br />Acreage <br />Owner <br />Ansin Tract /Canoe Launch Park <br />28 <br />IRC <br />Archie Carr N.W.R. <br />75 <br />FDEP/USFWS <br />Blue Cypress Conservation Area <br />49,890 <br />SJRWMD <br />Captain Forster Hammock Preserve <br />112 <br />FDEP <br />Cypress Bend Community Preserve (f.k.a. Russell Grove) <br />47 <br />IRC <br />Corrigan 460 Tract (w/ easement) <br />458 <br />SJRWMD/IRC <br />Dale Wimbrow/Donald MacDonald Park <br />74 <br />IRC <br />Fellsmere Water Management Area <br />10,209 <br />SJRWMD <br />Flinn Tract Conservation Area <br />37 <br />IRC/SJRWMD/FIND <br />Fort Drum Marsh Conservation Area <br />20,862 <br />SJRWMD <br />Golden Sands Beach Park <br />18 <br />IRC <br />Green Salt Marsh <br />16 <br />IRC <br />Hallstrom Farmstead <br />93 <br />IRC <br />Harmony Oaks Conservation Area <br />90 <br />IRC <br />Kiwanis-Hobart Park <br />654 <br />IRC <br />Indian River Blvd. Mitigation Area <br />114 <br />IRC/State <br />Kennedy PINWR Buffer <br />24 <br />IRC <br />Korangy Tract <br />132 <br />IRC <br />Lost Tree Islands Conservation Area <br />508* <br />IRC/VB/IRS <br />Mills Ranch Conservation Easement <br />960 <br />Private/SJRWMD <br />North Sebastian Conservation Area <br />541 <br />IRC/SJRWMD <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 73 <br />