Meetings and Announcements

Upcoming Meetings

No meetings scheduled at this time.

Southern Recreation Public Meeting

The District’s Southern Recreational Public Meeting is scheduled for 6–8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. The meeting will be held at the St. Johns River Water Management District’s Palm Bay Service Center, Blue Cypress Room, 525 Community College Parkway SE, Palm Bay, FL 32909.

The purpose of this meeting is to collect input from stakeholders regarding recreational use of District conservation land in the Upper St. Johns River Basin, South Region.

District staff will receive comments from the public during the meeting. If you are unable to attend in person and would like to provide a comment or question, please email SouthernRecreationComments@sjrwmd.com. The answers will be returned via email after the meeting.

Topics, as they relate to public recreational utilization of District lands, will include:

  • Overview of recreation on District land in the South Region
  • South Region land management and operations updates
  • Opportunity for public comment

Governing Board

For schedules, agendas, and livestream links visit Governing Board.

Office Closures

No office closures scheduled at this time.

Recreation Announcements

Burrell Lock Temporarily Closed

March 24, 2026

Burrell Lock is temporarily closed due to a leaking seal identified during ongoing operational testing. District staff are working to assess and address the issue as quickly as possible. The closure is necessary to ensure the lock operates safely and reliably before reopening to vessel traffic. We appreciate the public’s patience as repairs are completed. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

Burn ban – Several counties

March 16, 2026

Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard, and Okeechobee, counties have enacted a countywide outdoor burn ban due to dry conditions and increased wildfire risk.

Under the burn ban, all outdoor burning, unless authorized by the Florida Forest Service, is prohibited, including on District lands. This includes bonfires, campfires, and cooking fires. Outdoor cooking done with a contained gas or charcoal grill (excluding a fire pit) is allowed under the ban.

Local burn bans are enacted by county governments. To see current county-enacted burn bans, please visit: Burn Ban Public Dashboard

Moses Creek Conservation Area

March 9, 2026
An aerial map of the Moses Creek Conservation Area in St. Johns County, Florida, showing planned 2026 mulch mowing areas outlined in yellow within a larger blue site boundary, overlaid on satellite imagery of forest, marsh, and nearby neighborhoods. The map highlights approximately 262 acres of mowing corridors and blocks along existing district roads and firelines, notes a red-hatched area where only sand pines will be mulched, and includes caution text advising that taking equipment through the center of the property is not recommended, with labeled access points at 596 Shores Boulevard and 1300 State Road 206 East for water management district operations.

From late March through July 2026, crews will be mulch mowing approximately 262 acres at Moses Creek Conservation Area. Portions of all trails (red, yellow and white) will be impacted, including access to the Murats Point reservable hike-in campsite. Please use caution when visiting the property and always maintain a safe distance from heavy equipment; visibility from these machines can be limited and operators may be unable to see people approaching. The project’s goals are to lessen the risk of wildfires and reduce the density of undesired woody species, making way for desired species such as longleaf and slash pine.

For more information about property closures, please visit recreation and lands.

Temporary Website Outages

We want your visit to sjrwmd.com to be a positive and productive experience. At times, we will need to perform routine hardware and software maintenance that may cause some areas of the site to be intermittently off-line. We do apologize for this temporary, but necessary, inconvenience. We are working diligently to quickly restore complete functionality to the site.

Next scheduled outage:

None at this time.