The Wekiva River watershed with its upland, wetland and riverine habitats provides an important wildlife corridor connecting thousands of acres of publicly owned conservation lands to the Ocala National Forest. The water related resources of the aquatic preserve support an abundance of wildlife.

Environmentalists, membersof the community, and public officials from central Floirda have come together to protect the Wekiva Basin.

Their solution was to draw a boundary around the basin to keep out development. Seminole County took it upon themselves to bend the boundary.