Northeast Florida Coastal Predation Management
Implementing Organization
State of Florida
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$449,295
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)
Funding Program
Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Species Restoration
Targeted Resources
Birds/Bird Habitat
Project Description
The project will implement predation management measures at critical nesting sites to increase breeding success for DWH-injured bird species such as state-threatened American oystercatchers, least terns, and black skimmers, as well as Wilson’s plovers, a Species of Greatest Conservation Need. The project will leverage efforts of other projects including the DWH NRDA Enhanced Management of Avian Breeding Habitat Injured by Response Activities in the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and Mississippi project and the NFWF-GEBF Restoring Florida's Shorebird & Seabird Populations project. The project will facilitate timely, targeted predation management and associated monitoring to determine success, and would be implemented in an adaptive manner consistent with Florida’s predation management efforts elsewhere in the state. The project will be conducted as an essential component of FWC’s existing Florida Shorebird Program that includes posting shorebird nesting habitat, monitoring, stewarding, and law enforcement patrol efforts. Specifically, the project will: • Develop annual lists of prioritized sites for predation management based on rates of nest and chick predation; relative contribution of a site to statewide productivity goals; and demonstrated success of prior predation management activities; • Conduct pre-season predator tracking (using game cameras and individual observation) to determine movement of predator species known to impact nesting colonies; • Proactively manage predators through non-lethal methods such as perch deterrents or removal of perches, trash management, predator effigies, and electric fence deployment/maintenance; ...click on "More Info" link below
Contact
Gareth Leonard(850) 617-9452
gareth.leonard@myfwc.com
Project Website
None
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