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Wildlands Conservation
is a non-profit organization. Our mission is To preserve
our natural heritage through acquisition, management, research,
education, and conservation planning.
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| Education |
| We design and implement educational
and outreach programs on a variety of conservation
issues.
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Land Protection |
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assist local governments to develop funding tools for
land preservation, develop and promote county referendums
and ordinances, and broker land acquisition agreements
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Stewardship |
| We develop and implement
resource management plans for both publicly and
privately-owned preserve and conservation banks.
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| Land Trust |
| We hold conservation easements
for individuals, developments and conservation banks.
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Conservation
Planning |
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work in all facets of conservation planning ranging
from large scale planning initiatives to community-based
guidance and development of local policy.
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Research |
| We are committed to advancing
the practice of environmental lands management through research
that evaluates the effectiveness of restoration and
management strategies.
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| We are pleased to announce that Wildlands Conservation has received a grant from the Mosaic Company Foundation. This funding will enable us to continue our conservation work in the Peace River Region
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Conservation of the Peace River corridor’s integrity is critical to our fishing industry, our water supply, our flood protection, our cultural heritage and the sustainability and integrity of central Florida's natural history. In 2010, Wildlands Conservation launched a voluntary, partnership-based Program, the Peace River Greenway Initiative. Our goal is to protect corridors of public and private conservation and agricultural lands along the Peace River and its major tributaries. Our initiative requires the use of numerous land conservation tools including fee-simple and less-than-fee-simple acquisition, creation of landowner incentives, and coordination among varied stakeholders with the common interest of long-term conservation. To date, our efforts have involved landowners, private industry, state agencies, regional planning councils, county governments and conservation groups in the region.
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View our new infographic and learn how to get involved with gopher tortoise conservation.
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Gopher
Tortoise Management Plan draft revisions scheduled for September 5-6 meeting
The Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission approved the Gopher Tortoise
Management Plan in 2007 and reclassified the gopher tortoise
(Gopherus polyphemus) to Threatened. The management plan
calls for a revision at least every 5 years. FWC is scheduled
to bring the draft revisions to the Gopher Tortoise Management
Plan to the September 5-6, 2012 Commission meeting; exactly
five years following the adoption.
A copy of the draft management plan is available at www.MyFWC.com/GopherTortoise;
follow the “Management Plan” link to access
the draft plan.
Please contact Wildlands Conservation
(jmorris@wildlandsconservation.org) for additional
information, or if you have questions about gopher
tortoises in Florida.
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REVISED - Gopher Tortoise
Permitting Guidelines
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission
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Gopher tortoises like same habitat as people
July 11, 2012
"As a native of Venice, Julie Morris has for years watched the competition between people and gopher tortoises for the same places to build their homes."
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Wildlands Conservation's Blog
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Florida Environmental News Daily
By Seth Platt
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FloridaEnvironments.com
Environmental News from
Florida's capital by Bruce Ritchie
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Ray Ashton
Ray Ashton, our partner in teaching the gopher tortoise
classes, died of cancer at the age of 64 on March 11, 2010.
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