Fish & Wildlife Foundation Of Florida Inc

A NETWORK OF FEDERAL MANATEE PROTECTION AREAS HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AND MARKED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELINEATING, REGULATING, AND ENFORCING SITE-SPECIFIC BOATING AND ACCESS RESTRICTIONS DESIGNED TO PROTECT STATE AND FEDERALLY PROTECTED FLORIDA MANATEES. THE NETWORK OF STATE AND FEDERAL MARKERS REQUIRES CONTINUAL INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR MANATEES, BOATER SAFETY, AND ENFORCEABILITY.THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOW FWFF TO:1)SUPPORT A REPORTING NETWORK FOR DAMAGED MARKERS.2)EVALUATE REPORTS OF DAMAGED MARKERS TO ASSESS REPORT ACCURACY AND DETERMINE DEGREE OF THREAT POSED BY DAMAGED MARKERS.3)REPORT DAMAGED MARKERS THAT CONSTITUTE NAVIGATION HAZARDS TO THE US COAST GUARD FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.4)TEMPORARILY MARK DAMAGED MARKERS (SIGNS AND BUOYS) TO ALERT BOATERS OF A NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD UNTIL THE DAMAGED MARKERS CAN BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.5)IMMEDIATELY REPAIR AND/OR REPLACE DAMAGED MARKERS THAT CONSTITUTE SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS TO NAVIGATION.6)MAINTAIN AND UPDATE A WATERWAY ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ROUTINELY ASSESS THE CONDITION OF ALL MARKERS IN THE MANATEE PROTECTION AREA NETWORK TO EVALUATE CONDITION AND IDENTIFY REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS.7)REPAIR AND MAINTAIN DAMAGED MARKERS THAT DO NOT PRESENT AN IMMEDIATE NAVIGATION HAZARD ON AN "AS NEEDED" BASIS. IN ADDITION TO USFWS MARKER NEEDS, FUNDS PROVIDED BY USFWS COULD BE USED TO INSPECT AND MAINTAIN FWC MARKERS THAT ARE ON THE SAME INSTALLATIONS AS THE FEDERAL MARKERS.8)DOCUMENT COMPROMISED MARKERS THROUGH REPORTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES, DOCUMENTATION WILL INCLUDE DATE OF DAMAGE REPORT, DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSE EFFORTS (INCLUDING DATE REPAIRS COMPLETED), AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF DAMAGED MARKERS AND REPAIRED MARKERS, ETC.9)SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ASSESS THE NEED AND EFFICACY OF MANATEE PROTECTION ZONES AND THE PLACEMENT OF MANATEE PROTECTION MARKERS.

FLORIDA GRASSHOPPER SPARROW FUND

RECOVERY OF FLORIDA GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

RESTORATION OF EPHEMERAL WETLAND HABITAT ON HURLBURT FIELD

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS TO PREVENT EXTINCTION OF THE FLORIDA GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

PFLCC LANDOWNER CONSERVATION SUPPORT TOOLS

THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE AND RESTORE HABITAT FOR LISTED AND AT RISK PLANT AND WILDLIFE SPECIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PENINSULAR FLORIDA INCLUDING ALL COUNTIES EAST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE AUCILLA RIVER. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FLORIDA PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM STRATEGIC PLAN BY ASSISTING PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WITH IMPROVING THE ECOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THEIR PROPERTY IN SUPPORT OF HABITAT CONNECTIVITY. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY AND SPECIES RECOVERY THROUGH ENHANCED HABITAT MANAGEMENT. PRACTICES WILL INCLUDE LONGLEAF PINE PLANTING AND GROUNDCOVER RESTORATION AND MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL VEGETATION TREATMENTS AND PRESCRIBED FIRE PREP AND APPLICATION AND INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL AND EXCLUSIONARY FENCE AND GATE INSTALLATION AND GRAZING MANAGEMENT. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE RESTORED FOCAL HABITATS INCLUDING LONGLEAF PINE FLATWOODS AND SANDHILL AND SCRUB AND SPRINGS AND CAVES AND DRY AND WET PRAIRIE AND PINE FLATWOODS AND CYPRESS SLOUGHS AND HARDWOOD HAMMOCKS AND MIXED FORESTS AND WETLANDS INCREASING ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCY AND SUPPORTING RECOVERY OF LISTED AND AT RISK SPECIES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST.

THE PROJECT S MISSION AND GOAL IS TO ENHANCE RESTORE HABITAT FOR LISTED AND AT-RISK PLANT AND WILDLIFE SPECIES IN UPLAND LONGLEAF PINE, FLATWOODS, AND ASSOCIATED EPHEMERAL WETLAND SYSTEMS IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE (BAY, CALHOUN, ESCAMBIA, FRANKLIN, GADSDEN, GULF, HOLMES, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, LEON, LIBERTY, OKALOOSA, SANTA ROSA, WAKULLA, WALTON, WASHINGTON COUNTIES). THE PROJECT WILL SERVE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS BY IMPROVING THE ECOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THEIR PROPERTY IN SUPPORT OF HABITAT CONNECTIVITY, BIODIVERSITY, AND SPECIES RECOVERY THROUGH ENHANCED HABITAT MANAGEMENT. PRACTICES WILL INCLUDE CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF ENCROACHING WOODY VEGETATION, NATIVE GROUNDCOVER RESTORATION, THINNING, PRESCRIBED FIRE PREP APPLICATION, AND SUPPLIES NEEDED TO SUPPORT ALL PRACTICES. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE RESTORED PRIORITY UPLAND LONGLEAF PINE, FLATWOODS, AND WETLAND HABITAT THAT INCREASES ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCY AND SUPPORTS RECOVERY OF LISTED AT-RISK SPECIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

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THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON TWO CHARISMATIC MEGAFAUNA FOUND IN FLORIDA. THE FIRST SUPPORTS THE FLORIDA PANTHER.PREDICTING THE NUMBER OF PANTHER VEHICULAR MORTALITIES (PVMS) AND ATTEMPTING TO ATTRIBUTE A PORTION OF THEPREDICTED NUMBER TO PROPOSED PROJECTS IS A CHALLENGING TASK. HISTORICALLY, PREDICTIONS WERE MADE AT THE ROADSEGMENT LEVEL THROUGH A SIMPLE MATH CALCULATION EQUATING THE RATIO OF BASELINE TO FUTURE ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILYTRAFFIC (AADT) TO THE RATIO OF BASELINE TO FUTURE PVMS. THE FORMULA IS IMPLEMENTED DETERMINISTICALLY WITH NOREGARD FOR SUBSTANTIAL UNCERTAINTY IN THE INPUTS, UNCERTAINTY IN THE MATHEMATICAL FORM OF THE ASSOCIATION, OR THEOTHER SOURCES UNDERLYING THE TWO UNDERLYING COMPLEX TEMPORAL-SPATIAL PROCESSES: TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON THE ROADWAYSAND PANTHER MOVEMENT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL BUILD ON PREVIOUS STATISTICAL REVIEW ANDEXPLORATORY ANALYSIS AND CONSISTS OF TWO TASKS: (1) CREATE A DOCUMENTED FRAMEWORK AND PROTOCOL FOR USE OFPREDICTED PVM QUANTITIES, WITH QUANTIFIED UNCERTAINTY, TO SUPPORT DECISION MAKING (E.G., AS PART OF A JEOPARDYANALYSIS), AND (2) ASSESS THE ABILITY OF ACCESSIBLE STATISTICAL REGRESSION MODELS TO PREDICT THE PROBABILITY (ORCOUNT) OF PVMS FOR ROAD SEGMENTS OF INTEREST BASED ON RELEVANT AND OBTAINABLE VARIABLES (E.G., INDEX DESCRIBINGHABITAT SUITABILITY SURROUNDING ROAD SEGMENT, LENGTH OF ROAD SEGMENT WITHIN KNOWN TRAVEL CORRIDORS, VISUALDISTANCE FROM ROAD, SPEED LIMIT, ETC.). THE WORK MAY ALSO INCLUDE STATISTICAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS UNDERREVIEW.THE SECOND SUPPORTS THE CURRENT UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT(UME)FOR FLORIDA MANATEES THAT BEGAN IN DECEMBER 2020 ANDHAS REQUIRED HERCULEAN EFFORTS FROM MANY PARTNERS TO MANAGE THE CRISIS. A JOINT U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICEAND FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION(USFWS-FWC)INCIDENT COMMAND WAS STOOD UP THE LAST TWO YEARSTO COORDINATE RESPONSE EFFORTS INCLUDING CARCASS RETRIEVAL, LIVE ANIMAL RESCUE, AND SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING AT THETEMPORARY FIELD RESPONSE STATION AT THE CAPE CANAVERAL ENERGY CENTER. IN ADDITION TO FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING,THE FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA(FWFF)CONTRIBUTED PRIVATE FUNDING AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO AID THEEFFORT. TO ASSIST FWS AND FWC WITH RAMPING UP AN EFFICIENT AND RAPID RESPONSE SHOULD CONDITIONS DETERIORATE, FWSIS ENTERING INTO THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH FWFF. FFWF WILL UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT UME RESPONSEEFFORTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PURCHASING LETTUCE, AND PROCURING SERVICES.TO HELP MONITOR THE SITUATION.

AS THE "TARPON CAPITAL OF THE WORLD", CHARLOTTE HARBOR DRAWS THOUSANDS OF ANGLERS ANNUALLY TO EXPERIENCE THE REGION'S VIBRANT RECREATIONAL FISHERIES, INCLUDING BOTH SNOOK AND TARPON. GROUNDBREAKING WORK FUNDED BY RESTORE DISCOVERED THAT THESE TWO SPECIES USE A SMALL NUMBER OF INLAND ESTUARINE PONDS AS NURSERIES. SPECIFIC PONDS EMBEDDED ALONG THE UPLAND MARGIN OF THE CAPE HAZE PENINSULA ARE VULNERABLE TO IMMINENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. PLACE- BASED HABITAT CONSERVATION THROUGH LOCAL DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE PERSISTENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY'S ECOLOGICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES. WHEN CONSIDERING HABITAT IN STATEWIDE FISHERY MANAGEMENT, LOCAL STAKEHOLDER INPUT IS REQUIRED AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECISIONS DIRECTLY AFFECT HABITAT THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, WATER QUALITY, LAND ACQUISITION, AND RESTORATION POLICIES. DECISIONS ON HOW TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE RECREATIONAL FISH NURSERY HABITAT WITHIN THE CAPE HAZE PENINSULA, CHARLO

BLUE SPRING STATE PARK BANK STABILIZATION

DON PEDRO IS. ST. PARK RESTORATION OF TIDAL MARSH HYDROLOGY & HABITATS

THE PROPOSED WORK INVOLVES MAKING A MEASUREMENT OF A STARSHIP SUPER HEAVY (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO ONLY ASSTARSHIP)LAUNCH FROM BOCA CHICA, TX AND PERFORMING INITIAL DATA ANALYSES TO COMPARE WITH TWO OTHER VEHICLES THECURRENTLY MOST POWERFUL ORBITAL VEHICLE LAUNCHED (NASAS SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM OR SLS) AND THE MOST-FREQUENTLYLAUNCHED VEHICLE, THE FALCON 9. BECAUSE STARSHIP HAS GREATER THRUST (TWICE THE LIFTOFF THRUST OF THE SATURN V)AND IS A METHANE-OXYGEN-FUELED VEHICLE, IT WILL ADD TO THE PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES FOR ECOLOGICAL AND COMMUNITYIMPACT MODELING AT CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION (CCSFS) AND ELSEWHERE. DELIVERABLES WILL BE 1) A WRITTENREPORT DESCRIBING THE MEASUREMENTS AND THE ANALYSES RELATIVE TO THE FALCON 9 AND SLS 2) A PRESENTATIONSUMMARIZING THE EFFORT AND 3) A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL MANUSCRIPT THAT PRESENTS THE INITIAL MEASUREMENTS IN THECONTEXT OF SLS FALCON 9 AND ROCKET NOISE.

NORTHEAST FLORIDA ESTUARINE HABITAT RESTORATION PRIORITY PLANNING ACTIVITIES

THIS PILOT PROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE COASTAL HABITAT CONDITIONS FOR SHOREBIRDS AND SEABIRDS THROUGH THE INNOVATIVE USE OF SHELL DEBRIS FOCUSING ON IMPROVING BREEDING NESTING WINTERING AND FORAGING SITES. UTILIZING PRIMARILY MOLLUSK AND BIVALVE SHELLS SOURCED FROM RECENT BEACH NOURISHMENT AT PANAMA CITY BEACH THE PROJECT INVOLVES CRUSHING AND TRANSPORTING THE MATERIAL TO TARGETED COASTAL LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED FOR HABITAT RESTORATION. THE CRUSHED SHELL FRAGMENTS WILL MIMIC NATURAL CONDITIONS THROUGH DISTRIBUTION IN NONVEGETATED AREAS ENHANCING CRYPSIS FOR NESTING BIRDS. ALL SHELLS WILL BE BROADCAST BY HAND USING 5GALLON BUCKETS AND VOLUNTEERS. A COMPREHENSIVE HABITAT MONITORING PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RESTORATION EFFORTS AND INFORM FUTURE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. ADDITIONALLY COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS COASTALRELATED PROJECTS IN FLORIDA UNDERSCORES THIS PROJECT S BROADER CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS AND SYNERGIES.

DEOBLIGATION OF FUNDS