Description: This dataset represents all Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCA) in Florida for selected focal species, in binary format (true/false). Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas are areas of potential habitat that are not currently (as of 2009) managed for conservation of the species.
Copyright Text: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute - Mark Endries, Beth Stys, Gary Mohr, Georgia Kratimenos, Susan Langley, Karen Root, Randy Kautz
Description: This dataset represents all Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCA) in Florida for selected focal species, in binary format (true/false). Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas are areas of potential habitat that are not currently (as of 1994) managed for conservation of the species.
Copyright Text: Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission - Office of Environmental Services - James Cox, Randy Kautz, Maureen MacLaughlin, and Terry Gilbert
Description: <a href="http://atoll.floridamarine.org/Data/Metadata/SDE_Current/GopherTortoise_RecipSites_fl_pnt.htm" target=_blank>For full FGDC metadata record, please click here. </a><p>
This dataset is a point representation of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Gopher Tortoise standard tortoise relocation permit recipient sites. The standard tortoise relocation permit is available for development projects which require the relocation of more than five tortoises on-site or relocation of any number of tortoises off-site. Off-site relocation of tortoises may require testing of tortoises for Upper Respiratory Tract Disease (URTD) at the discretion of the recipient site landowner.
Copyright Text: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
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Established by the FWC under a Florida Administration Code rule to protect important wildlife concentrations from human disturbance during critical periods of their life cycles, such as nesting.(1) Critical wildlife areas may be established by the Commission with prior concurrence in such designation by the owner of the property wherein the area is situated. All areas shall be described in the order with sufficient specificity as to permit identification and shall be posted by the Commission so as to provide due notice as to the identity and status of the area. The order establishing the critical wildlife area shall contain the dates during which the tract shall be accorded maximum protection from human or vehicular disturbance. (2) No person shall take or disturb any wildlife within any critical wildlife area during the period designated by the order establishing such area. No person shall enter or operate a vehicle within any critical wildlife area during any period in which public access is prohibited by the order establishing such area. No person shall knowingly allow a dog under their care to enter or remain upon a critical wildlife area during any period in which public access is prohibited by the order establishing such area.
Copyright Text: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Description: Critical Wildlife Areas (CWAs) are established by the FWC under a Florida Administration Code rule to protect important wildlife concentrations from human disturbance during critical periods of their life cycles, such as nesting or migration. For each CWA, the boundaries and periods of time when portions of the area may be posted are defined in the CWA establishment order. Public access is prohibited within CWAs if posted, “Closed to public access.” Dogs, vehicles and vessels are also prohibited from posted areas. The boundary may be larger than the posted area due to the dynamic nature of habitat structure and use. Thus, the area closed each year may change.
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Panama City crayfish (Procambarus econfinae) are a federally threatened species. This polygon GIS file represents the range of the Panama City Crayfish. It is based on point data compiled by USFWS, including locations where Panama City crayfish were observed during field surveys from 1999 through 2006. The Keppner's field surveys on St. Joe lands from April 2003 through June 2004 are included. </p>
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The State of Florida, through the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, coordinates the Statewide Nesting Beach Survey program (SNBS). The SNBS was initiated in 1979 under a cooperative agreement between FWC and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Its purpose is to document the total distribution, seasonality, and abundance of nesting by sea turtles in Florida. Three species of sea turtles, the loggerhead (Caretta caretta), the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), and the leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), nest regularly on Florida's beaches. Two other species, Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) also nest but in very small numbers. All the species are listed as either Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Survey data are derived from observations of tracks and other nesting signs left on the beach by sea turtles. Species identifications and determinations of nesting vs. non-nesting emergences are based on the evaluation of visible features of the track and the nest. Data are gathered on more than 200beaches through a network of permit holders consisting of private conservation groups, volunteers, consultants, academics, local governments, federal agencies, and the Florida Park Service. Nest density classifications of low, medium and high were developed for loggerheads, green turtles and leatherbacks according to quartile ranks. For the loggerhead turtle, ranking was done within genetic subunits; ranks for green turtles and leatherbacks were on a statewide basis. Hawksbill turtles and Kemp’s ridleys are denoted only as present or absent on individual beaches. Surveys in the SNBS program may vary with respect to start/stop dates, frequency, duration and beach length between years for a particular beach, as well as between beaches. Survey results are used by managers to evaluate and minimize impacts to turtles and their nests due to human activities such as coastal construction, beach renourishment, and recreation, as well as to identify important areas for enhanced protection or land acquisition.
Copyright Text: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Statewide Nesting Beach Survey program coordinator
Description: <a href="http://atoll.floridamarine.org/Data/Metadata/SDE_Current/scrub_jay_habitat_1992_1993.htm" target=_blank>For full FGDC metadata record, please click here. </a><p>
This shapefile contains a Florida Scrub-Jay species-wide distribution map which plots the locaion of all Florida Scrub-Jay populations adn their occuped habitat still extant as of 1992-1993 as well as identifies tracts of apparently suitable or restorable habitat that were not occupied by Florida Scrub-Jays in 1992-1993.
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A home range is an area that is inhabited in search of food, water and adequate cover. This shapefile contains rare, occasional, common and abundant ranges of the Florida black bear throughout the state of Florida.
Copyright Text: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
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Panther habitat zones were developed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service's panther subteam of Multi-Species/Ecosystem Recovery Implementation Team (MERIT). Members of the MERIT panther recovery subteam identified lands essential to the long-term survival of the Florida panther. The MERIT subteam defined the Primary Zone as "all lands essential for the survival of the Florida panther in the wild." A Secondary Zone includes "lands contiguous with the Primary Zone, and areas which panthers may currently use, and where expansion of the Florida panther population is most likely to occur". Lastly, a Dispersal Zone was identified as an area needed for panthers to disperse north of the Caloosahatchee River.
Copyright Text: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service & Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
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The Florida Panther Interagency Committee (FPIC), comprised of the FWS, NPS, GFC, and DEP, was established in 1986 to coordinate recovery of the Florida panther. A Habitat Preservation Plan (HPP), prepared in 1993 for the FPIC, identified 374,868 ha of occupied and potential habitat considered essential to maintaining a minimum viable population of 50 breeding adult panthers in South Florida. These data represent Priority 1 and Priority 2 areas identified by the FPIC