February 2019 Kissimmee River Restoration Project Features

Photography by Brent Anderson Environmental Scientist Applied Sciences Bureau South Florida Water Management District branders@sfwmd.gov

January 3, 2019 Dry season conditions in the KRRP Phase I restoration area floodplain leave only scattered, deeper depressions holding water.

January 3, 2019 Large flock of White pelicans gather in a drying pool of the KRRP Phase I restoration area river channel and floodplain.

Little green heron in the KRRP Phase 1 restoration area floodplain.

February 7, 2019

January 3, 2019 KRRP Phase II restoration area floodplain (Riverwoods pasture floodplain).

January 7, 2019 An American alligator slides off a sandbar into the KRRP Phase I restoration area river channel.

January 3, 2019 An oxbow cutoff was formed in Fulford Run at the end of the wet season in 2018 in the KRRP Phase 1 restoration area.

January 7, 2019 Low flows and large exposed sandbars in the KRRP Phase I restoration area river channel.

January 30, 2019 Ibis and Anhinga in the KRRP Phase I restoration area.

January 29, 2019 Looking south at KRRP Phase IV restoration area from the northern extent. A large rain event in mid‐January brings higher flows to the River and wetter conditions on the floodplain.

January 29, 2019 Sandbars disappear in the blackwater as water levels rise in the KRRP Phase I restoration area.

February 4, 2019 Wood stork in the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

January 29, 2019 A wide‐angle high‐altitude view of the southern section of the KRRP Phase I restoration area where rainfall and floodplain inundation have expanded wetlands across the entire floodplain.

January 29, 2019 Looking north at KRRP Phase I restoration area, MacArthur Ditch backfill and upper MacArthur Run.

January 29, 2019 Looking south at the northern section of KRRP Reach 2 construction area from the northern extent of Reach 2.

February 5, 2019 White‐tailed deer bound through the recently inundated KRRP Reach 2 construction area, S65C backfill area floodplain.

January 29, 2019 Looking south at the S65C area of the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

January 29, 2019 Looking southeast south of the S65CX structure area and Riverwoods pasture floodplain of the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

February 5, 2019 KRRP Reach 2 construction area, Riverwoods pasture floodplain.

February 4, 2019 White pelicans in the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

Common gallinule in the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

February 7, 2019

KRRP Reach 2 construction area river channel.

February 7, 2019

February 4, 2019 Wood storks and White pelicans in the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

February 4, 2019 White pelicans in the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

Early morning fog over the KRRP Reach 2 construction area river channel.

February 7, 2019

February 7, 2019 Belted kingfisher in the KRRP Phase 1 restoration area floodplain.

Belted kingfisher in the KRRP Phase 1 restoration area floodplain.

February 7, 2019

Belted kingfisher in the KRRP Phase 1 restoration area floodplain.

February 7, 2019

February 12, 2019 Kissimmee Prairie floodplain in the KRRP Phase IV restoration area.

February 12, 2019 KRRP Phase IV restoration area where discharge increases have expanded waters from the river channel overbank and onto the floodplain.

February 12, 2019 Looking north at the upper KRRP Phase I restoration area.

February 12, 2019 Looking southeast at the lower KRRP Phase I restoration area.

February 12, 2019 Looking southeast at the lower KRRP Phase I restoration area.

February 20, 2019 February storms rip through the Kissimmee Valley in the KRRP Phase IV restoration area.

February 12, 2019 KRRP Phase I restoration area ‐ MacArthur Impoundment area.

February 12, 2019 KRRP Phase I restoration area.

February 12, 2019 KRRP Phase I restoration area floodplain.

February 12, 2019 Looking southeast at the northern extent of KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

February 12, 2019 Looking east at Riverwoods Run and floodplain of the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

February 20, 2019 Egrets in flight over the KRRP Reach 2 construction area floodplain.

February 12, 2019 Looking north at Riverwoods floodplain of the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

February 12, 2019 Looking north at Riverwoods floodplain of the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.

February 12, 2019 Looking northwest at the river channel (Riverwoods and Caracara Runs) crossing of the C‐38 backfill in the KRRP Reach 2 construction area.