Adam M. Kent Senior Scientist Normandeau Associates, Inc. 4581 NW 6th Street, Ste. A Gainesville, FL 32609 akent@normandeau.com Craig Faulhaber Avian Conservation Coordinator Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 1239 SW 10th Street Ocala, FL 34471 craig.faulhaber@myfwc.com Craig Watson South Atlantic Coordinator Atlantic Joint Venture U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Birds 176 Croghan Spur Rd., Ste. 200 Charleston, SC 29407 craig_watson@fws.gov Suggested citation: Kent, A. M., C. Faulhaber, and C. Watson. 2017. Peninsular Florida Bird Conservation Region (BCR 31) Plan. Prepared by Normandeau Associates, Inc. for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cover photo credits: Florida Scrub-Jay and Snowy Plover by Alex Kropp. Reddish Egret by Craig Watson. Mottled Ducks by FWC.
1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 Coastal Uplands Beach Dune Coastal Berm Coastal Grassland Coastal Strand Maritime Hammock Shell Mound Sand (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 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 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 Tern Snowy Egret Western Sandpiper Sandpiper Wood Thrush Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 Cultural Terrestrial Mowed 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 Cut American Kestrel (Southeastern) Bachman's Sparrow Burrowing Owl Crested Caracara Sandhill (Florida) Short-tailed Hawk Swallow-tailed Kite American Woodcock Bicknell's Thrush Black-bellied Plover Bobolink Eastern Whip-poor-will Northern Bobwhite Painted Bunting Pectoral Sandpiper Prairie Warbler (migrant) Red-headed Woodpecker Veery American Golden-Plover Blackpoll Warbler Nuthatch Cerulean Warbler Chimney Swift Chuck-will's-widow Common Ground-Dove Common Nighthawk Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Towhee Field 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 Snowy 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
2400 2410 2420 2430 2440 2450 Cultural Palustrine Impounded Impounded Swamp Grazed Wetlands Clearcut Wetland Wet Coniferous Plantation American Rail King Rail Lesser Yellowlegs Little Blue Heron 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 Least 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 Egret Sora White-rumped Sandpiper Kite Whooping Crane Yellow-crowned 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 Flat Oyster Bar Salt Mangrove Swamp American Oystercatcher Black Rail Black Skimmer Cape May Warbler Great White Heron Kirtland's Warbler Least Tern Lesser Yellowlegs Little Blue Heron Mangrove Cuckoo Marsh Wren (Marian's) Piping Plover Prairie Warbler (Florida) Reddish Red Knot Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Tern Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow (migrant) Seaside Sparrow (Scott's) 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 Heron 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
sloughs, mudflats, mangrove-dominated pools, freshwater sloughs and marshes, and human-created impoundment. Wakulla Seaside Sparrow Usually confined to extensive stands of salt marsh. Maintain or increase current area of occupancy within the next 10 White-crowned Pigeon Mangrove islands for breeding and tropical hardwood hammock for foraging. Maintain or increase current area of occupancy (≥400 km2 [≥ 154.4 mi2]) in Florida over the next 10 years Worthington's Wren Dependent on unaltered salt marshes. Maintain or increase current area of occupancy within the next 10 Source: Unless otherwise 2013 FWC Species Action Plans Table . ACJV Interim Habitat Objectives for Florida Based on Waterfowl Technical Committee Representatives' Expert Opinion and Professional Knowledge of Local Wetland and Waterfowl Conditions Focus Area Protect Enhance Restore Total Hectare Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Hectares Acres Gulf Coast 15,351 37,934 N/A N/A N/A N/A 15,351 37,934 Orange Creek/Ocklawaha Basin 1,147 2,835 5,736 14,175 3,442 8,505 10,325 25,515 Upper Everglades Basin 7,387 18,254 36,935 91,267 22,161 54,761 66,483 164,282 St. Johns and Adjacent Coast 3,347 8,271 16,736 41,355 10,041 24,813 30,124 74,439 Subtotal 27,232 67,294 59,407 146,797 35,644 88,079 122,283 302,170 Source: 2005 Areas The purpose of the focus areas in this plan is to inform landscape-level conservation. BCR 31 focus areas were derived from a variety of sources including the in-person partner meeting and
Conservation Funding Table . Potential Funding Sources in BCR 31 Program Description Funding Match (Grantee/ Grantor) Applicant Eligibility Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) State Wildlife Grants () Matching grants program that provides financial support for projects addressing conservation needs identified in the . Both planning and implementation of programs are permitted. Varies Nonfederal match must be at least 35% of total project costs in 2016 Nonfederal public and private entities National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
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
conservation strategies, or Endangered Species Act (ESA) recovery plans. National Forest Foundation Grants Several opportunities for action-oriented projects that directly enhance the health and well-being of America's National Forests and Grasslands and that engage the public in stewardship. Varies Minimum 1:1 Varies but includes nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations, universities, and businesses. Applications cannot be accepted from federal agencies, regional, state, or local government entities. National Wildlife Federation (NWF)
Longleaf Pine Initiative () Works 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 long-term, resource-conserving 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 in establishing approved conservation practices. Private landowners
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program () CREP aims to improve quality and wildlife habitat by offering rental payments to farmers who voluntarily restore riparian buffers, filter strips, and wetlands using approved conservation practices. Another CREP goal is to establish 8,000 acres of perpetual conservation or open space easements statewide. State cost-share payments are administered through local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) offices. May include permanent easements. Not specified 3:1 from state; 1:1 from farm service agency (expenses for implementing best management practices, such as fencing or alternative watering systems). 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
CFDA 15.630 Voluntary, incentive-based program that provides direct technical assistance and financial assistance in the form of cooperative agreements to coastal communities and landowners to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat on public and private lands. Identify geographic focus areas and direct resources to conserve habitat for federal trust species within these areas. Work plans developed in coordination with partners and involvement from USFWS staff. Projects must advance USFWS $5,000 to $50,000 No match required Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) and organizations, governments (city, township county, state, special district), institutions of higher education (public, private, and state-controlled), nonprofits with and without 501(c)(3) status, individuals, small businesses, for-profit organizations
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.
—Habitat Conservation Planning (HCP) Assistance Grants CFDA 15.615 Provides financial assistance to states and territories to support the development of HCPs that provide for the conservation of imperiled species allowing economic activities to proceed. Can include animal, plant, and habitat surveys; research; planning; monitoring; habitat protection, restoration, management, and acquisition; and public education. Varies 75% for single state or territory; 90% for two or more states or territories implementing a joint project Restricted to those state fish and wildlife agencies with which the USFWS has a current cooperative agreement for the species involved
Endangered Species Conservation Recovery Implementation Funds 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, 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 project Restricted to state fish and wildlife agencies with which the USFWS has a current cooperative agreement for the species involved
Multistate Conservation Grants – Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program () To support sport fish and wildlife restoration projects identified by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). Funds may be used for sport fisheries and wildlife research projects, aquatic education, habitat improvements, and other projects. $6 million annually No required States, groups of states, USFWS, and nongovernmental organizations