Critical Natural Lands Projects

Rank / Critical Natural Lands Projects / County(ies) 1 / Remaining Acres / Cumulative Acres2 / Work Plan Priority3
1 / Apalachicola River / Jackson/ Gadsden/ Liberty/ Calhoun/ Gulf / 47,929 / 47,929 / High
2 / Bombing Range Ridge / Polk/ Highlands/ Osceola / 31,862 / 79,791 / High
3 / Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem / Lake/ Osceola/ Highlands / 22,466 / 102,257 / High
4 / Panther Glades / Hendry / 39,384 / 141,641 / High
5 / Wekiva-Ocala Greenway / Lake/ Orange/ Seminole/ Volusia / 23,077 / 164,717 / High
6 / Wacissa/Aucilla River Sinks / Jefferson/ Taylor / 17,289 / 182,006 / High
7 / Blue Head Ranch / Highlands / 43,051 / 225,058 / High
8 / Half Circle L Ranch / Hendry/ Collier / 11,182 / 236,239 / High
9 / Belle Meade / Collier / 7,175 / 243,415 / High
10 / Etoniah/Cross Florida Greenway / Clay/ Putnam/ Marion/ Levy/ Citrus / 59,102 / 302,516 / High/ Medium
11 / Longleaf Pine Ecosystem / Hamilton/ Gilchrist/ Volusia/ Marion / 9,671 / 312,187 / Medium
12 / Triple Diamond / Okeechobee / 7,998 / 320,185 / Medium
13 / Pine Island Slough Ecosystem / Osceola / 48,973 / 369,158 / Medium
14 / Osceola Pine Savannas / Osceola / 27,500 / 396,658 / Medium
15 / Devil's Garden / Hendry/ Collier / 71,308 / 467,966 / Medium
16 / Twelvemile Slough / Hendry / 8,128 / 476,094 / Medium
17 / Caloosahatchee Ecoscape / Hendry/ Glades / 10,646 / 486,740 / Medium
18 / South Goethe / Marion/ Levy / 11,652 / 498,391 / Medium
19 / Bear Creek Forest / Bay/ Calhoun/ Gulf / 100,425 / 598,816 / Medium/ Low
20 / Camp Blanding to Raiford Greenway / Baker/ Bradford/ Clay/ Union / 32,436 / 631,253 / Low
21 / Bear Hammock / Marion / 4,680 / 635,933 / Low
22 / Pinhook Swamp / Baker/ Columbia / 53,806 / 689,739 / Low
23 / Wolfe Creek Forest / Santa Rosa / 9,433 / 699,172 / Low
24 / Perdido Pitcher Plant Prairie / Escambia / 2,390 / 701,563 / Low
25 / San Pedro Bay / Madison/ Taylor / 44,999 / 746,562 / Low
26 / Lake Hatchineha Watershed / Osceola/ Polk / 5,413 / 751,975 / Low
27 / Natural Bridge Creek / Walton / 1,797 / 753,772 / Low
28 / Shoal River Buffer / Okaloosa / 2,180 / 755,952 / Low
29 / Southeastern Bat Maternity Caves / Jackson/ Alachua/ Marion/ Citrus/ Sumter / 589 / 756,541 / Low
30 / Upper Shoal River / Walton / 12,027 / 768,568 / Low
31 / Hixtown Swamp / Madison / 22,399 / 790,967 / Low
32 / Ichetucknee Trace / Columbia / 1,877 / 792,844 / Low

Table 1

Partnerships and Regional Incentives Projects

Rank / Partnerships and Regional Incentives Projects / County(ies) 1 / Remaining Acres / Cumulative Acres2 / Work Plan Priority3
1 / Florida's First Magnitude Springs / Walton/ Washington/ Bay/ Jackson/ Wakulla/ Leon/ Hamilton/ Madison/ Suwannee/ Lafayette/ Levy/ Marion/ Hernando/ Gilchrist/ Citrus / 6,473 / 6,473 / High
2 / Northeast Florida Timberlands and Watershed Reserve / Duval/ Nassau/ Clay / 83,384 / 89,857 / High
3 / Indian River Lagoon Blueway / Volusia/ Brevard/ Indian River/ St. Lucie/ Martin / 19,433 / 109,290 / High
4 / Wakulla Springs Protection Zone / Wakulla/ Leon / 3,647 / 112,938 / High
5 / Brevard Coastal Scrub Ecosystem / Brevard / 21,054 / 133,991 / High
6 / Clear Creek/Whiting Field / Santa Rosa / 2,868 / 136,859 / High
7 / Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed / Lee/ Collier / 37,336 / 174,195 / High/ Medium
8 / Annutteliga Hammock / Citrus/ Hernando / 8,394 / 182,590 / Medium
9 / Volusia Conservation Corridor / Volusia/ Flagler / 18,311 / 200,900 / Medium
10 / Heather Island/Ocklawaha River / Marion / 13,658 / 214,558 / Medium
11 / Green Swamp / Lake/ Pasco/ Polk / 161,279 / 375,838 / Medium/ Low
12 / Lochloosa Forest / Alachua / 4,690 / 380,528 / Low
13 / Flagler County Blueway / Flagler / 3,915 / 384,443 / Low
14 / Charlotte Harbor Flatwoods / Charlotte/ Lee / 4,442 / 388,885 / Low
15 / Lake Santa Fe / Alachua/ Bradford / 9,506 / 398,391 / Low
16 / Pal-Mar / Palm Beach/ Martin / 9,563 / 407,954 / Low
17 / Middle Chipola River / Jackson/ Calhoun / 11,961 / 419,915 / Low
18 / Dade County Archipelago / Miami-Dade / 307 / 420,221 / Low
19 / Watermelon Pond / Levy/ Alachua / 5,696 / 425,917 / Low
20 / Rainbow River Corridor / Marion/ Citrus / 1,134 / 427,051 / Low
21 / Sand Mountain / Washington/ Bay / 14,444 / 441,496 / Low
22 / Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem / Martin / 8,192 / 449,688 / Low
23 / Catfish Creek / Polk / 3,221 / 452,909 / Low
24 / Hall Ranch / Charlotte / 7,517 / 460,426 / Low
25 / Crossbar/Al Bar Ranch / Pasco / 12,371 / 472,797 / Low
26 / Lafayette Forest / Lafayette / 10,251 / 483,048 / Low
27 / Pumpkin Hill Creek / Duval / 9,695 / 492,743 / Low
28 / Baldwin Bay/St. Marys River / Duval/ Nassau / 8,395 / 501,138 / Low
29 / Carr Farm/Price's Scrub / Marion/ Alachua / 305 / 501,443 / Low
30 / Pringle Creek Forest / Flagler / 8,446 / 509,888 / Low

Table 2

Less-than-Fee Projects

Rank / Less-than-Fee Projects / County(ies) 1 / Remaining Acres / Cumulative Acres2 / Work Plan Priority3
1 / Fisheating Creek Ecosystem / Glades/ Highlands / 112,639 / 112,639 / High
2 / Adams Ranch / Osceola / 5,499 / 118,138 / High
3 / Myakka Ranchlands / Manatee/ Sarasota / 31,372 / 149,509 / High
4 / Coastal Headwaters Longleaf Forest / Escambia/ Santa Rosa / 99,501 / 249,010 / High/ Medium
5 / Lower Suwannee River and Gulf Watershed / Dixie / 50,383 / 299,393 / Medium
6 / Conlin Lake X / Osceola / 9,041 / 308,434 / Medium
7 / Gulf Hammock / Levy / 25,611 / 334,045 / Medium
8 / Kissimmee-St. Johns River Connector / Okeechobee/ Indian River / 34,288 / 368,333 / Medium
9 / Ochlockonee River Conservation Area / Gadsden/ Leon / 3,869 / 372,203 / Medium
10 / Ayavalla Plantation / Leon / 5,903 / 378,106 / Medium
11 / Matanzas to Ocala Conservation Corridor / Flagler/ St. Johns/ Putnam / 108,115 / 486,221 / Medium/ Low
12 / Big Bend Swamp/Holopaw Ranch / Osceola / 47,234 / 533,455 / Low
13 / Seven Runs Creek Phase 2 / Walton/ Washington / 6,183 / 539,638 / Low
14 / Arbuckle Creek Watershed / Highlands / 8,451 / 548,088 / Low
15 / Ranch Reserve / Brevard/ Indian River/ Osceola / 12,515 / 560,604 / Low
16 / Raiford to Osceola Greenway / Baker/ Union / 67,702 / 628,306 / Low
17 / Hosford Chapman's Rhododendron Protection Zone / Gadsden/ Liberty / 6,923 / 635,229 / Low
18 / Hardee Flatwoods / Hardee / 1,676 / 636,905 / Low
19 / Eastern Scarp Ranchlands / Highlands / 2,214 / 639,119 / Low
20 / Maytown Flatwoods / Brevard / 4,925 / 644,044 / Low
21 / Peace River Refuge / Desoto / 3,842 / 647,887 / Low
22 / Mill Creek / Marion / 12,293 / 660,179 / Low
23 / San Felasco Conservation Corridor / Alachua / 376 / 660,555 / Low
24 / Lower Perdido River Buffer / Escambia / 2,326 / 662,881 / Low
25 / Horse Creek Ranch / DeSoto/ Hardee / 16,316 / 679,197 / Low
26 / Little River Conservation Area / Gadsden / 2,057 / 681,254 / Low
27 / Old Town Creek Watershed / Hardee/ Polk / 7,303 / 688,557 / Low
28 / Limestone Ranch / Hardee / 6,382 / 694,940 / Low
29 / Suwannee County Preservation / Suwannee / 1,254 / 696,194 / Low
30 / West Aucilla River Buffer / Jefferson / 710 / 696,903 / Low
31 / Millstone Plantation / Leon / 56 / 696,959 / Low

Table 3

Climate Change Lands Projects

Rank / Climate Change Lands Projects / County(ies) 1 / Remaining Acres / Cumulative Acres2 / Work Plan Priority3
1 / Florida Keys Ecosystem / Monroe / 6,175 / 6,175 / High
2 / St. Joe Timberland / Bay/ Franklin/ Gadsden/ Gulf/ Jefferson/ Leon/ Liberty/ Taylor/ Wakulla/ Walton/ Washington / 79,908 / 86,084 / High/ Medium
3 / Coupon Bight/Key Deer / Monroe / 1,164 / 87,247 / Medium
4 / Dickerson Bay/Bald Point / Wakulla/ Franklin / 19,610 / 106,857 / Medium
5 / Northeast Florida Blueway / Duval/ St.Johns/ Flagler / 12,104 / 118,962 / Medium/ Low
6 / Florida Springs Coastal Greenway / Citrus / 6,928 / 125,890 / Low
7 / Caber Coastal Connector / Levy / 1,723 / 127,614 / Low
8 / Archie Carr Sea Turtle Refuge / Brevard/ Indian River / 221 / 127,835 / Low
9 / St. Johns River Blueway / St. Johns / 19,416 / 147,251 / Low
10 / Taylor Sweetwater Creek / Taylor / 3,702 / 150,954 / Low
11 / West Bay Preservation Area / Bay / 4,347 / 155,301 / Low
12 / Garcon Ecosystem / Santa Rosa / 3,404 / 158,705 / Low
13 / Tiger/Little Tiger Island / Nassau / 1,137 / 159,842 / Low
14 / Terra Ceia / Manatee / 2,267 / 162,109 / Low

Table 4

Substantially Complete Projects

Rank / Substantially Complete Projects / County(ies) 1 / Remaining Acres / Cumulative Acres2 / Work Plan Priority3
1 / Escribano Point / Santa Rosa / 296 / 296 / High
2 / Charlotte Harbor Estuary / Charlotte/ Lee/ Sarasota / 6,347 / 6,643 / High/ Medium
3 / Estero Bay / Lee / 1,890 / 8,533 / Medium
4 / South Walton County Ecosystem / Walton / 2,697 / 11,230 / Medium
5 / Lochloosa Wildlife / Alachua / 4,434 / 15,664 / Medium/ Low
6 / Spruce Creek / Volusia / 366 / 16,030 / Low
7 / Upper St. Marks River Corridor / Leon/ Jefferson/ Wakulla / 1,295 / 17,325 / Low
8 / Save Our Everglades / Collier / 24 / 17,349 / Low
9 / Clay Ranch / Putnam / 154 / 17,502 / Low

Table 5

Critical Historical Resources Projects

Rank / Critical Historical Resources Projects / County(ies) 1 / Remaining Acres / Cumulative Acres2 / Work Plan Priority3
1 / Pierce Mound Complex / Franklin / 558 / 558 / High
2 / Battle of Wahoo Swamp / Sumter / 853 / 1,412 / High/ Medium
3 / Three Chimneys / Volusia / 56 / 1,468 / Low
4 / Okeechobee Battlefield / Okeechobee / 89 / 1,557 / Low
5 / Pineland Site Complex / Lee / 145 / 1,702 / Low

Table 6

Footnotes:

1 Counties with no remaining acreage to acquire in a project not listed here – see project summaries for counties in which acquisitions completed.

2 Cumulative acres used to calculate in which Priority Group of the Acquisition Work Plan each project will qualify.

3 Work Plan Priority Groups pursuant to Rule 18-24.006(6), F.A.C.:

High Priority = top 1/3 acreage within each Category / High/ Medium Priority = Portion of project in High Priority Group & portion in Medium Priority Group / Medium Priority = middle 1/3 acreage within each Category / Medium/ Low Priority = Portion of project in Medium Priority Group & portion in Low Priority Group / Low Priority = bottom 1/3 acreage within each Category

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