Tag: Sulphur Springs

  • Safe Access to Parks Pilot Study (previously Park Speed Zone Pilot Study) (2022)

    Safe Access to Parks Pilot Study (previously Park Speed Zone Pilot Study) (2022)

    Project Overview The purpose of the Safe Access to Parks Pilot Study (previously Park Speed Zone Pilot Study) was to develop a process that can be replicated at parks throughout Hillsborough County, to calm speeds and improve safety on major roads next to parks. A toolbox of safety countermeasures will be developed as part of […]

  • SWFWMD releases Hydrobiological Assessment

    SWFWMD releases Hydrobiological Assessment

    Mr. Douglas A. Leeper, Chief Advisory Environmental Scientist with the Water Resources Bureau of the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), gave a presentation to the River Board’s Technical Advisory Council on June 16 on SWFWMD’s Hydrobiological Assessment of the Minimum Flows for the Lower Hillsborough River. The recovery strategy that was adopted with the minimum flow […]

  • Felled trees pose a hazard on the River

    Felled trees pose a hazard on the River

    SEMINOLE HEIGHTS — It was worrisome from the beginning: two men in a small boat and a storm-tossed tree snagged on bridge pilings in murky water. Now Thomas Jones worries that boaters and kayakers should keep a sharp lookout for three runaway logs on the Hillsborough River. They could be adrift somewhere west of the […]