Welcome to the Haulover Park Conservation Enhancement Center!

Located within the 277-acre Haulover Park, between the Atlantic Ocean and
Biscayne Bay, the Haulover Park Conservation Center presents an unparalleled
opportunity to interpret and understand the importance of marine species common to
South Florida. The 4-acre site lies in a picturesque area of the Park, proximate to
offshore, inland bay and mangrove inlet habitats.


Since Haulover Park is renown as a location for catching Atlantic game fish and a nesting
area for sea turtles, it is ideally suited to support a conservation and interpretive facility
designed to educate the almost 5 million residents of the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale SMSA. In
addition to establishing the infrastructure for the Center, the adjacent Biscayne Bay
Aquatic Preserve offers opportunities for scientific research, and habitat restoration
projects and is next to Oleta River State Park, one of the very few urban State Parks.

Project Components Include:

1. Marine Fish Hatchery Intensive Indoor Grow-out Facility
2. Marine Fisheries Management & Research Staff Offices
3. Sea Turtle Hatchery and Outdoor Grow-out Facility
4. Sea Turtle Quarantine Facility
5. Sea Turtle Management & Research Staff Offices
6. Eco center for Conservation Center Exhibit Area & Related Programming classrooms
     a. Visitor and presentation auditorium
     b. Gift Shop
     c. Large aquarium
     d. Marine viewing and touch tanks
7. Shoreline and Ecosystem Habitat Restoration in Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve
8. Boating Access & Support
9. Laboratories & Support Functions
10. Office and Operations Space for Cooperative Agency Partners
     a. Coastal Conservation Association
     b. University of Miami classroom and laboratory space
     c. Local non-governmental organizations classroom and office space
11. Board walks, birding trails, kayak launch, and shoreline vegetation restoration projects

Immediate Construction Jobs—405 Permanent Green Jobs Created—22

Indirect Job Effect—7 Total Cost—$17,735,000