1100 Hardwood Forested Uplands or xeric forest dominated mainly by hardwood trees. 86,542 hectares (213,850 acres) in BCR 31 0.88% of BCR 31 Table . Priority Species in Hardwood Forested Uplands Class Code Habitat/Subclass Species Highest Priority High Priority Moderate Priority 1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 Hardwood Forested Uplands Upland Hardwood Forest Mesic Hammock Rockland Hammock Slope Forest Xeric Hammock Cape May Warbler Connecticut Warbler Kirtland's Warbler Mangrove Cuckoo Prairie Warbler (Florida) Short-tailed Hawk Swallow-tailed Kite White-crowned Pigeon American Woodcock Black-whiskered Vireo Eastern Whip-poor-will Painted Bunting Prairie Warbler (migrant) Red-headed Woodpecker Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Chimney Swift Chuck-will’s-widow Eastern Towhee Golden-winged Warbler Kentucky Warbler Northern Flicker Ovenbird Prothonotary Warbler Wood Thrush Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-billed Cuckoo Hardwood Forested Uplands are also known as Upland Hardwood Forest or Upland Mixed Forest in older classifications (FNAI 1990). These natural communities contain a variety of hardwood hammocks (Redner and Srinivasan 2014). These communities are a small percentage of the state, usually in fire shadows, but are important for migratory birds, such as many
1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 Coastal Uplands Beach Dune Coastal Berm Coastal Grassland Coastal Strand Maritime Hammock Mound Sand Beach (Dry) American Oystercatcher Black Rail Black Skimmer Cape May Warbler Connecticut Warbler Kirtland's Warbler Least Tern Mangrove Cuckoo Piping Plover Red Knot Roseate Tern Snowy Plover Willet Wilson's Plover Bicknell's Thrush Black-bellied Plover Black-whiskered Vireo Black Tern Bobolink Common Tern Dunlin Eastern Whip-poor-will Marbled Godwit Mottled Duck Painted Bunting Prairie Warbler (migrant) Red-headed Woodpecker Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Veery Whimbrel Blackpoll Warbler Bonaparte's Gull Cerulean Warbler Chuck-will's-widow Common Common Nighthawk Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Towhee Forster's Tern Golden-winged Warbler Gray Kingbird Gull-billed Tern Kentucky Warbler Least Sandpiper Loggerhead Shrike Long-billed Curlew Masked Booby Northern Flicker Ovenbird Prothonotary Warbler Royal Tern Snowy Egret Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Wood Thrush Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 Cultural Terrestrial Grass Urban (including Urban Open Pine, Golf Courses, Cemeteries, Commercial and Residential, etc.) Rural (including Agriculture, Pasture, and Tree Plantations) Transportation Communication Utilities Extractive (including Mines, Reclaimed Lands, and Spoil Areas) Bare Soil/Clear Cut American Kestrel (Southeastern) Bachman's Sparrow Burrowing Owl Crested Caracara Sandhill Crane (Florida) Short-tailed Hawk Swallow-tailed Kite American Woodcock Bicknell's Thrush Black-bellied Plover Bobolink Eastern Northern Bobwhite Painted Bunting Pectoral Sandpiper Prairie Warbler (migrant) Red-headed Woodpecker Veery American Golden-Plover Blackpoll Warbler Brown-headed Nuthatch Cerulean Warbler Chimney Swift Chuck-will's-widow Common Ground-Dove Common Nighthawk Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Towhee Sparrow Golden-winged Warbler Grasshopper Sparrow (migrant) Gray Kingbird Henslow's Sparrow Kentucky Warbler Least Sandpiper Loggerhead Shrike Northern Flicker Ovenbird Purple Martin Short-eared Owl Egret Sora White-tailed Kite Whooping Crane Wood Thrush Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-billed Cuckoo Cultural Terrestrial includes a variety of human-influenced communities from Industrial, Transportation, and High Intensity Urban to Agriculture and Unimproved/Woodland Pasture. Due to extensive loss of dry prairie and sandhill, pastures and similar open habitats provide will
2100 2110 2120,2130 2140 2150 Freshwater Nonforested Wetlands Prairies and Bogs Marshes Floating/Emergent Aquatic Vegetation Submergent Aquatic Vegetation Black Rail King Rail Lesser Yellowlegs Little Blue Heron Roseate Spoonbill Sandhill Crane (Florida) Seaside Sparrow (Cape Sable) Snail Kite Tricolored Heron Wood Yellow Rail American Bittern American Golden-Plover Anhinga Black Tern Bobolink Least Bittern Mottled Duck Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper White Ibis American Coot Common Gallinule Eastern Meadowlark Greater Yellowlegs Heron Gull-billed Tern Least Sandpiper Limpkin Long-billed Dowitcher Purple Gallinule Snowy Egret Sora White-rumped Sandpiper Whooping Crane Yellow-crowned Night Heron Freshwater Nonforested Wetlands make up the second largest percentage of BCR 31 and are the largest natural community in the area. These open wetlands are important habitat for many priority waterbirds including most species of waders, rails, shorebirds, and waterfowl. They are also important habitat for some landbirds such as Snail Kite and Eastern Meadowlark. Subclasses within BCR 31 include 2110 Prairies and Bogs, 2120 and 2130 Marshes, 2140 Floating/Emergent Aquatic Vegetation, and 2150 Submergent Aquatic Vegetation.
2400 2410 2420 2430 2440 2450 Cultural Palustrine Impounded Marsh Impounded Swamp Grazed Wetlands Clearcut Wetland Wet Coniferous Plantation American Black Rail King Rail Lesser Yellowlegs Little Blue Roseate Spoonbill Sandhill Crane (Florida) Short-tailed Hawk Snail Kite Swallow-tailed Kite Tricolored Heron Wood Stork Yellow Rail American Bittern American Woodcock Anhinga Black Tern Bittern Mottled Duck Pectoral Sandpiper Red-headed Woodpecker Semipalmated Sandpiper White Ibis American Coot Black-crowned Bobolink Chuck-will's-widow Common Gallinule Eastern Towhee Eastern Meadowlark Greater Yellowlegs Green Heron Gull-billed Tern Least Sandpiper Limpkin Long-billed Dowitcher Northern Flicker Prothonotary Warbler Purple Gallinule Snowy Egret Sora White-rumped Sandpiper Kite Whooping Crane Yellow-crowned Night Heron Bird species composition for Cultural Palustrine wetlands is similar to that of other freshwater wetlands depending on whether or not trees and shrubs are present and their density. In some areas, Impounded Marshes are very important for wintering waterfowl as well as Snail Kites.
5200 5210 5220 5230 5240 5250 Intertidal Exposed Limestone Tidal Flat Oyster Bar Salt Mangrove American Oystercatcher Black Rail Skimmer Cape May Warbler White Heron Kirtland's Warbler Least Tern Lesser Yellowlegs Little Blue Mangrove Cuckoo Marsh Wren (Marian's) Piping Plover Prairie Warbler (Florida) Reddish Egret Red Knot Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Tern Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow (migrant) Seaside Sparrow Snowy Plover Tricolored Heron White-crowned Pigeon Willet Wilson's Plover Wood American Avocet American Bittern Anhinga Black Tern Black-bellied Plover Black-whiskered Vireo Clapper Rail (Mangrove) Common Tern Dunlin Green Heron Least Bittern Marbled Godwit Mottled Duck Prairie Warbler (migrant) Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Sooty Tern Whimbrel White Ibis American Coot American Black-crowned Blackpoll Warbler Bonaparte's Gull Brown Noddy Pelican Cerulean Warbler Clapper Rail Forster's Tern Golden-winged Warbler Gray Kingbird Greater Yellowlegs Gull-billed Tern Kentucky Warbler Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Magnificent Frigatebird Nelson's Sparrow Ovenbird Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Wilson's Phalarope Wood Thrush Worm-eating Warbler
Everglade Snail Kite 2,056 in 2016 (Fletcher et al. 2017) 10-year average with a coefficient of variation <20% for total population is estimated as >650 to reclassify as Threatened from Endangered (USFWS 2007) Florida Grasshopper Sparrow 43 singing males; unknown number of females (unpublished data, Florida Grasshopper Sparrow Working Group, 2017). Interim goal: further loss, fragmentation, and degradation of habitat in Kissimmee River basin prevented; >10 protected and managed sites contain stable, self-sustaining populations of 50-100 breeding pairs within their historic range; when each of these sites exhibit a rate of increase >0.0, sustained as a average over >6 years. (USFWS 1999) Florida Scrub-Jay Assuming a 50-70% decline on private lands since the 1992-1993 survey, estimated 3,100-3,750 Florida Scrub-Jay groups range-wide (Faulhaber and Miller in litt. 2012) See 1990 Recovery Plan, current plan is updated with new recovery objectives Kirtland's Warbler Occurs as a migrant N/A Piping Plover 306 wintering individuals counted in 2011; approximately 70% of the known breeding population was found in the winter survey. et al. 2015) N/A Red-cockaded Woodpecker See Appendix C See Appendix C Red Knot (rufa subspecies) N/A N/A year
Matching grants are awarded to projects that address priority actions promoting fish and wildlife conservation and the habitats on which they depend, work proactively to involve other conservation and community interests, leverage available funding, and evaluate project outcomes. Does not include basic research. $10,000 to $150,000 Minimum 2:1 Federal, tribal, and local governments, educational institutions, and nonprofit conservation organizations
National Wildlife Refuge Includes start-up grants to provide formative and/or initial operational support, capacity building grants to strengthen the capacity of existing refuge Friends organizations to enable them to be more effective, and project specific grants, which may include developing outreach and conservation education programs for private landowners, habitat restoration projects, watchable wildlife programs, etc. $1,500 to $5,000 None required Nonprofit organizations interested in assisting a National Wildlife Refuge or group of refuges
Species Recovery Fund () Grants Created to spur habitat restorations, species reintroductions, private land conservation activities, and other creative endeavors that directly improve conditions for species listed under the federal ESA. $3,000 to $7,000 Not specified Any organization, agency, tribe, university, or individual working to improve on-the-ground conditions for species listed under the federal ESA. National Park Service (NPS) This program supports local projects that promote conservation and recreation, environmental stewardship, education, and engaging youth in the outdoors. $25,000 max award 1:1 (nonfederal) Educational institutions, private for-profit entities, or not-for-profit organizations Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program () Provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands and their related benefits Not specified 1:1 American Indian tribes, state and local governments and nongovernmental organizations Working Lands for Wildlife Initiative () Voluntary program to primarily benefit high priority Gopher Tortoise habitat in BCR 31 but also other bird habitat in agricultural areas. Works with agricultural producers to create and improve habitat with regulatory predictability from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Not specified Not specified Private landowners
Longleaf Pine Initiative () with producers on private lands in nine states to improve the sustainability and profitability of longleaf pine forest ecosystems. $10.6 million in 2016 — Private landowners Regional Conservation Partnership Program () Delivers conservation assistance to producers and landowners; provides through partnership agreements and through program contracts or easement agreements. — Producers and landowners USDA Farm Service Agency
Conservation Reserve Program () Voluntary program to help agricultural producers safeguard environmentally sensitive land. Producers enrolled in CRP plant long-term, covers to improve water quality, control soil erosion, and enhance wildlife habitat. Farmers receive an annual rental payment for the term of the multiyear contract. Cost sharing is provided. 10–15 year rental programs with 1:1 cost share in establishing approved conservation practices. Private landowners
US Forest Service (USFS) Forest Legacy Program () Directly supports property acquisition and efforts to acquire donated conservation easements. In FY 2017, $100 million for 34 projects 1:3 (grantee match may come from private, state, or local sources) Private forest landowners
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act () The NMBCA program provides matching grants to Neotropical migratory bird conservation projects throughout the Western Hemisphere, with at least 75% of funding going to projects outside the US. Yearly appropriation varies Minimum 3:1 Any United States, Latin American, or Caribbean individual, corporation, government agency, trust, association, or other private entity Partners for Fish and Wildlife () CFDA 15.631 Provides technical and financial assistance to private landowners and others who want to restore or improve habitat on their property through cooperative agreements. Does not fund planning and research. Varies 1:1 (including cash/in-kind match) Private landowners, tribes, local governments
mission, promote biological diversity, and be based upon sound scientific biological principles. North American Wetlands Conservation Act () Grants CFDA 15.623 All wetland conservation proposals that meet the requirements of the Act will be accepted. However, funding priority will be given to projects from new applicants (who have never received a NAWCA grant) with new partners, where the project ensures long-term conservation benefits. This does not preclude former NAWCA grant recipients from receiving small grants funding. Varies 1:1 Available to private or public organizations or to individuals who have developed partnerships to carry out wetland conservation projects in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
National Coastal Wetlands Grants () Provides funds for wetland conservation projects in North America for acquisition, restoration, enhancement, management, and preservation of coastal wetlands. Varies Usually 25% by applicant States must be the applicant, however, funds can be provided to subgrantees (i.e., NGOs and federal agencies)
Endangered Species Conservation Recovery Implementation To develop a long-term objective of improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal ESA. Varies by Region No match required Nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Endangered Species Grants Provides financial assistance to states and territories to acquire habitat for endangered and threatened species. Can include animal, plant, and habitat surveys; research; planning; monitoring; habitat protection, restoration, management, and acquisition; and public education. Varies 25% of estimated project cost; or 10% when two or more states or territories implement a joint project Restricted to those state fish and wildlife agencies with which the USFWS has a current cooperative agreement for the species involved