FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2001
Florida Forever Projects Ranked
-- Twenty-three projects added to "A" list, protecting more of
Florida’s resources --
TALLAHASSEE – Members
of the Florida Forever Acquisition and Restoration Council voted today to
add five new projects to the program’s "A" priority list, move
18 from the "B" priority list to the "A" list, and
retain those currently on the "A" list (18).
New Projects added to Priority List
"A":
- Okeechobee Battlefield – 55
acres (Okeechobee County)
- Northeast Florida Timberlands –
132,450 acres (Nassau/Duval/Clay/Putnam counties)
- Babcock Ranch – 91,361 acres
(Charlotte/Lee counties)
- Northeast Florida Blueway (phase
II) – 27,929 acres (Duval/St. Johns/Flagler counties)
- Kissimmee-St. Johns – 36,216
acres (Okeechobee/Indian River counties)
-
Projects moved from "B"
to "A" Priority List :
- Apalachicola River
(Gadsden/Liberty/Calhoun/Jackson counties)
- Archie Carr Sea Turtle Refuge
(Brevard/Indian River counties)
- Brevard Coastal Scrub Ecosystem
(Brevard County)
- Caloosahatchee Ecoscape (Glades/Hendry
counties)
- Catfish Creek (Polk County)
- Etoniah/Cross Florida Greenway
(Putnam/Marion/Citrus counties)
- Estero Bay (Lee County)
- Fakahatchee Strand (Collier
County)
- North Key Largo Hammocks (Monroe
County)
- Perdido Pitcher Plant Prairie (Escambia
County)
- Pineland Site Complex (Lee County)
- Spruce Creek (Volusia County)
- St. Joseph Bay Buffer (Gulf
County)
- Terra Ceia (Manatee County)
- Three Chimneys (Volusia County)
- Volusia Conservation Corridor (Volusia
County)
- Wacissa/Aucilla River Sinks
(Taylor/Jefferson counties)
- Watermelon Pond (Alachua/Levy
counties)
-
Existing projects on Priority List
"A" (county):
- Belle Meade (Collier)
- Bombing Range Ridge (Polk)
- Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem
Watershed (Collier/Lee)
- Dickerson Bay/Bald Point (Wakulla/Franklin)
- Florida’s First Magnitude
Springs (Jackson/Lafayette/Hernando)
- Florida Keys Ecosystem (Monroe)
- Ichetucknee Trace (Columbia)
- Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem
(Highlands/Polk/Lake/Osceola)
- Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
(Marion/Glades)
- Northeast Florida Blueway (Duval)
- Pal-Mar (Palm Beach/Martin)
- Panther Glades (Hendry)
- Pierce Mound Complex (Franklin)
- St. Joe Timberland
(Gadsden/Gulf/Franklin/Leon/Wakulla/Liberty/Brevard/Bay)
- Tate’s Hell/Carrabelle Tract
(Franklin/Liberty)
- Twelve Mile Slough (Hendry)
- Wakulla Springs Protection Zone (Wakulla)
- Wekiva-Ocala Greenway
(Lake/Orange)
Priority List "A"
contains the highest priority state-funded projects; Priority List
"B" contains significant environmental projects that require
additional funds from other sources.
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