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− | '''Jones Swamp''' is a 1,300-acre nature preserve in southwest [[Escambia County]], between [[Bayou Grande]] and [[Bayou Chico]], centered around [[Jones Creek]]. | + | '''Jones Swamp''' is a 1,300-acre nature preserve in southwest [[Escambia County]], between [[Bayou Grande]] and [[Bayou Chico]], centered around [[Jones Swamp Creek]]. |
In {{date needed}}, retired [[Walnut Hill]] teacher and farmer [[Glynn Key]] put up $20,000 of seed money to help [[Escambia County]] government start a stormwater treatment project in the Jones Swamp wetland area. The initial funds were parlayed into grants from the Environmental Protection Agency that have been used to build a stormwater retention pond — which will filter pollutants from the creek before they enter [[Bayou Chico]] — as well as observation decks and a boardwalk near [[Navy Boulevard]].<ref>"A dream come true." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 8, 2007.</ref> | In {{date needed}}, retired [[Walnut Hill]] teacher and farmer [[Glynn Key]] put up $20,000 of seed money to help [[Escambia County]] government start a stormwater treatment project in the Jones Swamp wetland area. The initial funds were parlayed into grants from the Environmental Protection Agency that have been used to build a stormwater retention pond — which will filter pollutants from the creek before they enter [[Bayou Chico]] — as well as observation decks and a boardwalk near [[Navy Boulevard]].<ref>"A dream come true." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 8, 2007.</ref> |