Completing the Puzzle: Conserving the Florida Keys Ecosystem One Parcel At a Time

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1 2007 Public Land Acquisition & Management Partnership Conference Completing the Puzzle: Conserving the Florida Keys Ecosystem One Parcel At a Time Anne Morkill Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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3 Conservation Areas in the Florida Keys ALSO Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Areas Monroe County Conservation Lands Municipal Conservation Areas Florida Audubon Sanctuaries The Nature Conservancy Preserves Crocodile Lake NWR Dagny Johnson Botanical State Park Pennekamp State Park Curry Hammock State Park Long Key State Park Bahia Honda State Park

4 Acres of Conservation Land in Monroe County Data courtesy of Florida Natural Areas Inventory ( Lead Managing Agency Land Acres Local 150 State 12,730 Federal 598,070 Private 1,560 Total 612,510 Monroe County Total Land Acres 638,080 Percent of County in Conservation 96%

5 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System Land Acquisition Funding Sources Land and Water Conservation Fund Migratory Bird Conservation Fund North American Wetlands Conservation Fund Sources of revenue for these accounts include Federal duck stamp sales, refuge entrance fees, Fish and Wildlife fines, import taxes on arms and ammunition, offshore oil and gas leases, and Congressional appropriations.

6 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Other Land Acquisition Funding Sources Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (ESA Section 6) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Response Act Federal Assistance

7 National Wildlife Refuge System Land Acquisition Priority System Evaluation Criteria Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Endangered and Threatened Species Bird Conservation Ecosystem Conservation

8 Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge National Key Deer Refuge Refuge lands Refuge Acquisition Boundaries

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10 National Wildlife Refuge System Acquisition Types Simple fee (full ownership) Conservation easement Donation Lease Life-use reservation Condemnation (only 1% nationally)

11 National Wildlife Refuge System Acquisition Types Florida Keys Simple fee Donation Lease

12 Florida Keys Land Acquisition Partnerships Florida Forever s Florida Keys Ecosystem Project Focus on imperiled species habitats supporting state threatened white-crowned pigeon and federally endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbit, silver rice rat, and Florida Key deer Monroe County Land Authority South Florida Water Management District Trust For Public Lands The Nature Conservancy The Conservation Fund Keys Environmental Restoration Fund (Audubon) Manages ACOE Land Acquisition Funds targeted for wetlands and coastal habitat in the Florida Keys (new in 2007)

13 Florida Keys Acquisition Challenges Declining federal appropriations + increasing property values = acquisition costs exceed available funds Differing state vs. federal acquisition authorities affect seller expectations Opportunistic vs. strategic acquisition 3:1 mitigation requirements under Big Pine/No Name Key Habitat Conservation Plan creates competition for willing sellers & parcels with habitat values

14 Big Pine Key No Name Key

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16 Florida Keys Management Challenges Prescribed Fire Wildfire Feeding Wildlife Invasive Exotic Plants Feral & Exotic Animals Trespass/Encroachment Debris etcetera

17 Florida Keys Management Challenges Prescribed Fire Wildfire Feeding Wildlife Invasive Exotic Plants Feral & Exotic Animals Trespass/Encroachment Debris

18 Florida Keys Management Challenges Prescribed Fire Wildfire Feeding Wildlife Invasive Exotic Plants Feral & Exotic Animals Trespass/Encroachment Debris

19 Florida Keys Management Challenges Prescribed Fire Wildfire Feeding Wildlife Invasive Exotic Plants Feral & Exotic Animals Trespass/Encroachment Debris

20 Future Management Challenge: Climate Change Freshwater Lens Courtesy Roel Lopez, TAMU

21 Future Management Challenge: Climate Change Recession of Sugarloaf Key pine rockland forest due to saltwater inundation of freshwater lens Courtesy Mike Ross, FIU

22 Future Management Challenge: Climate Change

23 Questions?

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