A main iguana artery
The C-51 is one of the county's major drainage canals, running east from the Wellington area toward West Palm Beach and the Lake Worth Lagoon, and it functions as a main iguana artery. Its banks are ideal burrowing ground, and it connects to a dense web of community and neighborhood canals.
So animals denning along the C-51 travel into the smaller waterways that reach almost every backyard in Wellington and the surrounding areas. That connectivity is why a property nowhere near the coast can still carry a steady iguana problem.
Why clearing your bank isn't enough
For a homeowner or community on or near the C-51, the practical issue is that clearing your own stretch of bank doesn't hold if the connected canals keep feeding animals back in.
- The C-51 connects to neighborhood canals reaching most backyards
- Soft banks along the whole run are prime burrowing ground
- Cleared frontage refills from up and down the connected system
- In Wellington it feeds animals right onto equestrian paddocks and berms
Holding the line
We map the burrows along your frontage, remove and collapse the dens, and — where the property is large or community-owned — run a monitored program along the canal edge to keep the line held. In Wellington's equestrian areas especially, the C-51 and its feeder canals are the route iguanas use to reach the paddocks and berms, so canal-edge work is central to keeping them off horse properties.
Common questions
Why does the C-51 matter for my iguana problem?
It's a main artery that connects to neighborhood canals reaching almost every backyard, so animals denning along it travel inland — which is how properties well away from the coast still get pressure.
Can clearing my bank keep the C-51 iguanas out?
Only with ongoing work. The connected canals keep feeding animals back, so on larger or community properties a monitored program along the edge is what holds the line.
Where does the C-51 run?
Roughly east from the Wellington area toward West Palm Beach and the Lake Worth Lagoon, tying the western communities to the coastal water system.
