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EXHIBIT A r ESA <br />Scope of Services <br />Lost Tree Islands Feasibility Study <br />for <br />Indian River County <br />Vero Beach Shores, Florida <br />January 3, 2M8 <br />Background <br />The Lost Tree Islands Conservation Area (LTICA) is located north of the Merril Barber Bridge in <br />Vero Beach Shores. This area was once slated for development and preliminary site work <br />created finger canals to drain mangrove swamp and create upland for residential housing. <br />Those plans stalled and were eventually scrapped in the z970s, but the finger canals remain. <br />Historically, the LTICA canals were connected to open water, but these canals have shoaled <br />along the western shoreline and now create stagnant areas of water that exhibit low dissolved <br />oxygen and potential for mosquito breeding areas. Indian River County would like to explore <br />options to i) reconnect these canals to open water, i) improving water quality and habitat and <br />3) reducing the area for exotic vegetation, stagnant water and mosquito breeding. The goal is <br />to improve the overall health of the LTICA in conjunction with the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). <br />172 <br />