{"id":3256,"date":"2026-07-10T17:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:07:44","slug":"platt-branch-management-plan-meeting-scheduled-july-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/?p=3256","title":{"rendered":"Platt Branch Management Plan Meeting Scheduled July 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are seeking comments on the 10-year management plan for Platt Branch Wildlife and Environmental Area at a public hearing in Highlands County on July 29.
The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. at the Town of Lake Placid Community Room 1069 US Highway 27 N.
Platt Branch is a 1,982-acre site located south of Lake Placid within a rural landscape of ranchlands, citrus groves, conservation lands, and the southern Lake Wales Ridge. The property borders the northern edge of the Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area
The area protects key depressional wetlands that drain into Platt Branch and Fisheating Creek, the only free-flowing tributary to Lake Okeechobee, and serves as an important link in South Florida\u2019s regional wildlife corridor.
Additionally, Platt Branch WEA contains diverse natural communities that include scrub, hammocks, flatwoods, marshes and swamps. This habitat diversity supports a wide range of resident and migratory bird species, offering excellent opportunities for birding and wildlife watching.
Species observed here have included Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, Florida black bear, Florida panther, Red-headed Woodpeckers and Lopsided Indian Grass.
Pursuant to Chapters 253 and 259, Florida Statutes, all lands purchased with public funds must have a Land Management Plan that ensures the property will be managed in a manner that is consistent with the intended purposes of the purchase.

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials are seeking comments on the 10-year management plan for Platt Branch Wildlife and Environmental Area at a public hearing in Highlands County on July 29. The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. at the Town of Lake Placid Community Room 1069 US Highway 27 N. Platt Branch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gci"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3261,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions\/3261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientislands.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}