Aquatic Preserves

Florida Aquatic Preserves

The following is a list of current Florida Aquatic Preserves managed in whole or in part by the Coastal and Aquatic Management Area organization.  Links are provided to the page dedicated to each area on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection website.

Additional information about these coastal treasures can also be found on our “Aquatic Preserves” page here on Florida Nature Guide in our Natural Areas Section.  Visitors are encouraged to follow the link above, or the tabs to our Coastal section of Florida Nature Guide where additional resources are available for Florida Coast adventures.

Aquatic Preserves Mosquito   Lagoon
Alligator Harbor Nassau   River – St. Johns River Marshes
Apalachicola   Bay North   Fork, St. Lucie
Banana   River Oklawaha River
Big   Bend Seagrasses Pellicer   Creek
Biscayne Bay Pine Island Sound
Biscayne Bay – Cape   Florida to Monroe County Line Pinellas   County
Boca   Ciega Bay Rainbow Springs
Cape Haze Rocky Bayou
Cape   Romano – Ten Thousand Islands Rookery   Bay
Cockroach   Bay St. Andrews
Coupon Bight St.   Joseph Bay
Estero   Bay St.   Martins Marsh
Fort   Clinch Terra   Ceia
Fort Pickens Tomoka Marsh
Gasparilla Sound   – Charlotte Harbor Wekiva   River
Guana River   Marsh Yellow River Marsh
Indian   River – Malabar to Vero Beach  
Indian River –   Vero Beach to Ft. Pierce National Estuarine Research Reserves
Jensen   Beach to Jupiter Inlet Apalachicola   Bay
Lake Jackson Guana –   Tolomato – Matanzas
Lemon   Bay Rookery   Bay
Lignumvitae Key  
Loxahatchee   River – Lake Worth Creek Florida Keys National   Marine Sanctuary
Matlacha Pass  

 

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