Next Tuesday the Southwest Florida Water Management District is scheduled to consider a formal agreement with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for the management of Jack Creek Preserve in central Highlands County south of Sebring.
The meeting begins at 3 p.m. at the agency’s Tampa office on U.S. 301. It will be followed by the tentative budget hearing at 5:01 p.m.
The meetings are open to the public and can also be viewed online.
The 1,268-acre tract is home for 20 listed species and is open to the public for hiking and nature study. It is part of a system, of preserves along the Lake Wales Ridge that have been purchased in recent decades to protect rare endemic species.
According to the backup information on Swiftmud’s website, the agreement is intended to clarify each agency’s role in managing the property.