• Voter approved bond ($20,000,000) in 1994 • Uplands Bond • Willing Sellers • Two priority areas for acquisition: North Fork & North

Savannahs • Land Acquisition and Selection Committee • Evaluation Criteria: habitat (FNAI rank), listed species,

habitat condition, size/shape, adjacent resources, development pressure, manageability and recreation potential

• Seek partners to stretch funding • 317 funds ($6,000,000)

• Purchased 8,700 acres • 48 Sites • Funding Partners (FCT, CARL, SFWMD) • 60/40 funding ratio • Conservation Easements, Donations, Tree

Mitigation, Gopher Tortoise Exchange • 6 pending sites for acquisition • Remaining funds: $6,000,000

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

SITES

Site Total ac Scrub BeachDune

Coastal Strand

Maritime Hammock

Mesic Flatwoods

Scrubby Flatwoods

Hydric Hammock

Prairie Hammock

Floodplain Forest Disturbed Wet

FlatwoodsWet

PrairieFloodplain

SwampFloodplain

MarshSeepage

SlopeBay Gall

Depression Marsh

Dome Swamp

Tidal Swamp

Basin Marsh Water Total

Ancient Oaks 43.16 16 23 4 0.16 43.16Becker 13.44 8.3 4.2 0.8 13.44Blind Creek 408 37 25 68 5 273 408Bluefield 3284.58 511 448 516 11 1267 128 274 129 3284Cpt. Hammond 34.37 13 9 3.3 9 34.3Citrus Hammock 48.97 13 1.8 11.5 22.67 x 48.97Coon Island 82 20 x xD.J. Wilcox 105.13 16.5 3 8.6 2.4 21 53.23 0.4 105.13Flood Mitigation 4.57 4.57 4.57George Lestrange 96.76 10.8 8 11.2 29 37.5 96.5Germany Canal R.A. 616Goat Island 22 15 7 0.4 22.4Gordy Rd. Rec Area 41.92 13 18 10 41Greene Swamp 484.61 1 483.61Hackberry Hammock 73.41Harbor Branch 250.5 13.39 6.89 49.72 28.29 41.15 106 5.08 250.52Heathcote 64.49 35.79 7 21.7 28.7Indrio Savannahs 297 10.8 114.7 88.6 40 43 297.1Indrio Scrub 13.34 11 2 0.3 13.3Jones Hammock 7.22 7.22 7.22Lakewood Park 119.82 88.05 21 3.58 7.22 119.85Ocean Bay 26.472 3.6 8 1.6 1 12.2 26.4Oxbow Ecocenter 225.05 123 18 42 26 1 15 225Paleo Hammock 120.48 68 34 299 46 8 40 495Pinelands 755.14 448.14 66 110 66 64 1 755.14Platt's Creek 102.25 102.25 xQueens Island 378 3.3 7.5 11 30.1 326.3 378.2Rivers Edge Elem. 14.58 8.48 4.4 1.7 14.58St. James Preserve 4.21 4 0.21 4.21St. Lucie Village 75.56 5 31 1 22.5 16 75.5Sheraton Scrub 65.12 11.5 53.6 0 65.1Spruce Bluff 97.263 27 20 12 4 8 26 97Sweetwater Hammock 8 7.4 0.6 8Teague Hammock 300.94Ten Mile Creek N/A 31.66 5.7 2.3 21.16 1.5 1 31.66Tract G 6.14 1.14 5 6.14Tract H 12.32 4.06 8.26 12.32Walton Scrub 31.13 19 12 31Wildcat Cove 114 5 109 109Sandscrub C.E. 249.81 40 142 7 60 1 250Westmoreland 31.75 4.4 2 14 1.6 0.5 2.7 6.5 31.7North Fork CARL 219.81 64 8 10 44 39 52 3 220Kings Island 173 3 170 173Avalon addition 45 20 25 45South Savannahs 9.5 3.1 1.5 5.15 9.5Airport Greenway 5.51 0.5 5 x 5.51Old Dixie Greenway 2.7 2.7 2.7Grand Total 9216.685 708.69 43.9 40.5 100.6 1327.7 734.3 338.74 11 120.92 2182.1 258.18 112.21 45.03 0.5 0.3 421.4 243.56 484.61 1097.23 92.15 130.9 7889.82

8% 0.50% 0.50% 1% 15% 9% 4% 1% 25% 3% 1% 0.50% 5% 3% 6% 13% 1% 1%

HABITAT

Scrub/Scrubby Flatwoods

SUMMARY OF SCRUB/SCRUBBY FLATWOODS IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY

• Historically 3% of SLC was scrub/scrubby flatwoods (11,039 ac)

• Savannas State Preserve: 555 ac preserved

• NFSLR: 33 ac preserved

• St. Lucie County: 1,661 ac preserved

Total Preserved: 2,320 ac (21% of historic acreage)

• Bluefield Mitigation Bank: 71 ac preserved

Listed Species

Note: Does not include Airport property - 218 ac

Site Scrub Scrubby Flatwoods

Scrub Jay

Bald Eagle

Fragrant Apple

Lakela's Mint

Scrub Bluestem

Tiny Polygala Management

Bluefield 511 516 X SLCO D.J. Wilcox 3 SLCO George Lestrange 8 SLCO Gordy Rd. Rec Area 13 SLCO Harbor Branch 13.4 X SLCO Indrio Savannahs 10.8 88.6 X X X SLCO Indrio Scrub 11 X SLCO Oxbow Ecocenter 18 SLCO Rivers Edge Elem. 4.4 SLCO St. Lucie Village 5 SLCO Sheraton Scrub 53.6 X SLCO Spruce Bluff 27 12 SLCO Ten Mile Creek N/A 5.7 SLCO Walton Scrub 19 X X SLCO South Savannahs 3.1 X SLCO Sandscrub C.E. 40 Conservation easement Westmoreland 4.4 2 Port St. Lucie North Fork CARL/SFWMD 64 10 X DEP

Total 708.7 734.3 8% 9%

Bluefield (511 ac S, 516 ac SFW)

Indrio Savannahs

10.8 ac Scrub

88.6 ac Scrubby Flatwoods

Sheraton Scrub 53.6 ac SFW

Spruce Bluff

27 ac Scrub

12 ac Scrubby Flatwoods

Walton Scrub

19 ac Scrub

Oxbow Ecocenter

18 ac Scrubby Flatwoods

Harbor Branch

13.4 ac Scrub

Gordy Road Recreation Area

13 ac Scrubby Flatwoods

Indrio Scrub

11 ac Scrub

Sites < 10 ac

George Lestrange – 8 ac SFW

D. J. Wilcox – 3 ac SFW

Rivers Edge – 4.4 ac SFW

Mid Savannas – 3 ac Scrub Varn – 5.7 ac SFW

Management of Scrub & Scrubby Flatwoods

Site Scrub Scrubby Flatwoods

Scrub Jay

Fragrant Apple

Lakela's Mint

Scrub Bluestem

Tiny Polygala Fire History Fire Management Vegetation

Management

Bluefield 511 516 X Excluded, Wildfire - 17 ac (2001) -50 ac (2004) 325 ac (2012) BP

D.J. Wilcox 3 G/Lygodium

George Lestrange 8 Cogon Gordy Rd. Rec Area 13 BP

Harbor Branch 13.4 X

Indrio Savannahs 10.8 88.6 X X Wildfire (1986) wildfire - 40 ac (2004) 20 ac (1999), 40 ac (2004),

20 ac (2005) , 30 ac (2010)

Chop (180 ac), Lygodium, Cogon,

Indrio Scrub 11 X Grind

Oxbow Ecocenter 18 18 ac (2002) Rivers Edge Elem. 4.4 St. Lucie Village 5 BP, Lygodium

Sheraton Scrub 53.6 X wildfire - 48 ac (2004),

2 ac (2011) chop, grind

Spruce Bluff 27 12 BP Ten Mile Creek N/A 5.7

Walton Scrub 19 X X Sanseveria South Savannahs 3.1 X

Sandscrub C.E. 40 Westmoreland 4.4 2

North Fork CARL/SFWMD 64 10 X Total 708.7 734.3

8% 9%

• Environmental Resources Department: 25 staff Extension/Outreach

Environmental Regulations Environmental Lands • ESL Program: 15 years • Field Tech’s (5) • Management (2) • Work Camper (1) • Inmates (5)

STAFFING

• Heavy Duty Grinder • Light Duty Grinder with Fire Plow • Brush Truck • Dozer with Blade • Light Duty Tractors (2) • Tree Spade • Disc • Chopper (double) • Chipper • Boats (2) • ATV’s (4) • Gooseneck Trailer • Miscellaneous Trailers • Mowers

EQUIPMENT

MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT

County Regulatory • SLCO Airport Preserve Areas (218 ac) • All new development is requirement to mitigate trees at a

ratio of 2:1 or preserve 25 percent of the native habitat onsite

• Preserve Area Monitoring and Management Plans and conservation easements are required for the 25 percent set aside option

• Permits are required to remove any vegetation in unincorporated St Lucie County and permit fees and fines from these are utilized for land management and acquisitions