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r600K 103 PAGE( <br />Conservation land use includes: wetlands, publicly owned lands, publicly managed lands, spoil <br />islands, and land designated environmentally sensitive. Little development has occurred in these <br />areas. Land in this classification totals 67,229 acres, about 22.6% of the unincorporated county total. <br />Commissioner Tippin recalled that the regional planning council 2-3 years ago came <br />up with figures that showed Indian River County over 29% of conservation lands compared <br />to St. Lucie County less than 3% and Martin County slightly over 3%. This is publicly - <br />owned, no tax -paying property. He then called attention to page 13, (in the Conservation <br />Element) to the following figures. <br />TABLE 8.2 <br />WETLANDS AND DEEPWATER RESOURCES OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />Freshwater Wetlands <br />Estuarine Wetlands <br />ESTIMATED TOTAL ACREAGE <br />(rounded to nearest 100 acres) <br />SOURCE: FDEP Bureau of Geology <br />St. Johns Marsh <br />72,000 <br />Blue Cypress Lake <br />6,500 <br />Freshwater Marsh <br />6,300 <br />Wet prairie/pine <br />Flatwood wetlands <br />4,700 <br />St. Sebastian River <br />500 <br />Openwater <br />Total Acreage <br />90,500 <br />Indian River Lagoon 16,300 <br />Mangrove scrub -shrub wetland 2,400 <br />Salt Marsh 1,100 <br />Mixed mangrovelsalt marsh 1.200 <br />Total Acreage 21,000 <br />111,500 <br />Director Keating advised that it was a difficult task to pin down the actual acreage of <br />the county or square mileage, for example whether or not to count open water. He thought <br />that Blue Cypress Lake was in the Conservation Element for 6,500 acres. There is additional <br />20 <br />OCTOBER 29, 1997 <br />