The report, prepared at the request of the Leon County Board of County Commissioners, advocated the designation of special development zones around the lake, including its tributaries. Zones for our other lakes set a precedent for Lafayette County Commissioner Cliff Thaell is pushing to have those zones put in place. Since the early 1990s, lake protection zones were created for Lakes Jackson, Iamonia, Bradford and Fred George. It's time for Lake Lafayette to be handed this cloak of protection. While many Leon County residents may know of Lake Lafayette from the scientific or popular reports they've read, few have seen it.
Public access is limited, although that is poised to change.
The city is turning part of Piney Z land into a city park. The Fallschase developers plan to create a greenspace. These and other proposed plans mean that Lake Lafayette is about to come out of hiding. The March field trip provided me with the first good look at a lake I'd read about for 15 years. I knew enough about Lake Lafayette to know that it isn't the pride of Leon County.