Lake Munson Restoration Project, Leon County, Florida

Once a viable wildlife habitat and recreational site, Lake Munson is now choked with aquatic vegetation, and sediments and trash are blocking the mouth of the lake creating a "delta". The Lake Henrietta basin, located upstream of Lake Munson, historically provided stormwater treatment for the natural flow through the system. Channelization through the Lake Henrietta basin and increased stormwater flows, the result of increased development, have led to the creation of the "delta" and the degradation of Lake Munson. Through more than ten years of investigations, studies, and master planning efforts, Leon County has identified five major objectives of the Lake Munson Restoration Program; to improve the water quality of stormwater entering Lake Munson, to restore the natural stormwater treatment ability of the Lake Henrietta basin, to improve the fishery quality and recreational value of Lake Munson, to improve the water quality of the discharge from Lake Munson to downstream waters, and to reduce flooding as much as possible in the Lake Munson system.