Weedon Island Preserve Salt Marsh Restoration

Project ID

000083A

Project Location

Weedon Island Preserve

Project Status

Construction: In progress

Project Overview

Pinellas County is restoring and enhancing a 41-acre section of the Weedon Island Preserve through a pilot project that will remove manmade spoil mounds and improve water flow. Removal of the spoil mounds will create additional black mangrove habitat and the tidal flow will be restored through dredging, filling or de-silting the existing mosquito ditches.

Project Location

Anticipated Project Timeline

  • Construction: Spring 2024 – Fall 2025

Community Outreach

The latest project information can be found here.

Project Funding

This project is supported by:

  • Federal award number SLFRP4653 awarded to Pinellas County Government by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021).
  • A grant from the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
  • An anticipated State grant.
  • The Penny for Pinellas.

Contact Us

Nedima Ablakovic
Project Manager
Public Works / Capital Improvements
14 S. Ft. Harrison Ave., Clearwater, FL 33756
(727) 464-4224
nablakovic@pinellas.gov