Agenda Workshop 03/04/2025 Item #2APelican Bay Services Division
History of Clam Pass
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Pelican Bay Services Division
1998 20022000
1999
2007
Clam Bay Restoration
and Management Plan
10-year USACE / FDEP
Joint Coastal Permit
Purpose: to conduct
activities to improve
hydrodynamics, restore,
and manage the Clam Bay
ecosystem to address
mangrove die-off
Initial
dredge
Mechanical
dredge
Mechanical
dredge
2008
Permit set to expire in 2008
but Corps granted one year
extension until 2009
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2012 Inlet
Closed
2013 Ordinance 2013-19 transfers
responsibility for management of
Clam Bay and Clam Pass to Pelican
Bay Services Division.
Division obtains USACE permit for
single dredging event to re-open
inlet. Pass is re-opened using land-
based equipment
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2014
Clam Bay / Clam Pass
stakeholders are
invited to participate in
development of new
management plan.
28 meetings are held
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Clam Bay Natural Resource Protection Area (NRPA) Management Plan
Goal: establish basis for management activities to
protect health of Clam Bay NRPA estuary
Objectives:
•maintain and protect native floral and fauna communities (mangroves and wildlife)
•ensure estuary has adequate tidal and freshwater flows to maintain ecological health (maintenance dredging)
•monitor water quality
•monitor archaeological sites
•passive recreational activities
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2015
Clam Bay NRPA Management Plan approved by BCC
2016
New 10-year USACE / FDEP Joint Coastal maintenance dredging permit issued
Hydraulic dredge performed
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Clam Pass dredging template
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2017
Mechanical dredge
(3 events)
2018 Hydraulic dredge
2020
2022
2024
Mechanical dredge
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Current 10-year permit expires in March 2026
New 15-year maintenance dredging permit renewal process underway
Clam Pass current conditions January 28, 2025
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