Florida Strategic Gulf Coast Land Acquisition Program (Planning & Implementation): Apalachicola River Ecosystem Land Acquisition Workplan: Upper Phase III A
Implementing Organization
Florida State
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$14,000,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Funding Program
The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 2: Comprehensive Plan
Details
Project Category
Environmental
Project Actions
Land Acquisition/Protection
Targeted Resources
Wetlands/Marshes/Estuaries
Project Description
The RESTORE Council has approved $14M as FPL Category 1 planning and implementation activities in Council-Selected Restoration Component funding for the Florida Strategic Gulf Coast Land Acquisition Program, sponsored by Florida, through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). The program supports the primary RESTORE Comprehensive Plan goal to restore and conserve habitat through a suite of linked activities to increase conserved and protected State owned or managed lands by 10,000 to 20,000 acres. Program activities include implementation of land acquisitions, partnering with the existing Florida Forever Program, Florida’s premier conservation and recreation lands acquisition program. The program will utilize the Florida Forever priority list to identify parcels for acquisition; parcels on the Florida Forever priority list are ranked using a thorough scientific review and a comprehensive natural resource analysis. FDEP will target lands draining into the Gulf of Mexico that are in the Florida Forever Critical Natural Lands and Climate Change Lands categories or other Florida Forever parcels with similar attributes. Land acquisitions could include both fee simple acquisition and conservation easements from willing sellers. Program activities are intended to result in environmental benefits to Florida’s natural resources and ecosystems by protecting critical habitats, preserving native biodiversity and ecosystem function, mitigating sea level rise, flooding, and other current and future risks to coastal communities. Program duration is 10 years.
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