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Management Goals <br />In 2001, Indian River County developed a management plan which provided guidelines for <br />natural and cultural resource management and development of public access facilities at Oyster <br />Bar Marsh. The plan was revised in 2013 in order to meet requirements of the Preservation 2000 <br />program, and to satisfy the special conditions contained in the County's Conceptual Approval <br />Agreement with the FCT, Agreement #CAA/98-058-P8A. <br />The primary goals of the County's management plan for Oyster Bar Marsh are to provide <br />appropriate environmental education and outdoor recreation opportunities and bring the <br />impounded wetland into the active RIM program of the Indian River County Mosquito Control <br />District. <br />Progress with the County's associated Development Plan has been severely limited by private <br />ownership of key sections of the impoundment dike. Recent acquisition of most of these key <br />sections (Subject Parcels) by the Land Trust will allow for the implementation of the County's <br />Master Site Development Plan for Oyster Bar Marsh. <br />Acquisition History <br />In 2001, the County purchased seven parcels within Oyster Bar Marsh from three private <br />landowners, resulting in a total acquired project area of approximately 96 acres. The seven <br />parcels were purchased, in part, with funds from the Florida Communities Trust Preservation <br />2000 program (Figure 2). <br />In August, 2015, the Indian River Land Trust purchased three parcels from VBF Investments <br />totaling 26.88 acres for their appraised value. The three parcels are immediately south of the <br />county -owned portion of Oyster Bar Marsh (Figure 2). <br />In October, 2015, the Indian River Land Trust acquired the 2.62 -acre eastern portion of property <br />owned by Tri Fam Investments for a nominal fee. The parcel is located immediately south of the <br />three parcels purchased from VBF Investments (Figure 2). <br />Remaining Acquisition Challenges <br />Sevastopoulos Parcel — The 0.94 -acre parcel occupies the southernmost portion of the <br />project area and includes two sections of the impoundment dike, totaling approximately <br />76 <br />