UPDATE! 5/4/09
Bones, 5,000 years old, found in Malabar marsh"An archeological find that includes several human teeth, bone fragments and tools — some up to 5,000 years old — has put the highly anticipated Lake Lawton on hold, again. The $15 million project, which calls for flooding 7,000 acres at the end of Malabar Road, has been stalled indefinitely as federal officials negotiate with the Seminole and the Miccosukee tribes over how to proceed." - Florida Today [ read more ]
Tarpon DNA Prove Tillman Migration
I was recently notified by the FWC Tarpon DNA Research team that the results of the 2008 study so that I got a tarpon in Turkey Creek on 8/28/08 at 1:30 PM, and
caught the SAME tarpon TWO DAYS LATER on 8/30,08 at 9:45 AM in the Tillman C1-SE canal system!
Captain Giles working to perserve Tarpon migration in the Tillman Canal - C1
Captain Giles recently meet with Dr. Jon Shenker, Ph.D. with the Sportfish Research Institute and the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Institute
of Technology as well as representatives from the St. Johns River Water Management District to discuss the construction
of the MS1 structure in the Tillman canal. Capt.Giles is concerned that tarpon migrating into and out
of the Tillman canal, proven with his past tagging research, would be land locked into the Tillman if the new MS1 structure does not allow for fish bypass/escape.
The St. Johns River Water Management representatives have agreed to take the issue under consideration during the design of the new MS1 structure.
Capt.Gary Giles discusses plan to add a way to allow the migration of tarpon in the C1 Melbourne Tillman Canal with the heads of the
Three Fork Wildlife project
and the St. Johns River Water Management representatives
Additional Information
SJRW C1 Rediversion Document (PDF)
Friends of Turkey Creek C1 Information