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Land Management Review <strong>of</strong> Belmore State Forest (Clay County): report not finalized<br />

DSL Staff Remarks: On March 23, 2010, the review team found that the Belmore State Forest<br />

was being managed for the purposes for which it was acquired, and that the actual<br />

management practices were in compliance with the management plan. The team commended<br />

the Clay County Division <strong>of</strong> Forestry (DOF) staff for their recent accelerated prescribed fire<br />

program and the quality <strong>of</strong> burns accomplished to date. The team also commended the Clay<br />

County DOF staff for their proactive and extensive thinning, removal <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fsite pine species,<br />

which is moving the forest towards an uneven aged stand management. The team<br />

recommends that Clay County DOF staff explore alternatives to rollerchopping as a site<br />

preparation technique with the goal <strong>of</strong> protecting existing native groundcover, as well as develop<br />

a method for assessing native groundcover throughout the forest. The team also recommends<br />

that more <strong>complete</strong> surveys <strong>of</strong> rare faunal species be conducted on this forest; this should<br />

include striped newt and flatwoods salamander.<br />

Land Management Review <strong>of</strong> Four Creeks State Forest (Nassau County): report not<br />

finalized<br />

DSL Staff Remarks: On March 24, 2010, the review team found that the Four Creeks State<br />

Forest was being managed for the purposes for which it was acquired, and that the actual<br />

management practices were in compliance with the management plan. The team commended<br />

the Nassau County DOF staff for their prescribed fire program and for using on-site weather<br />

measurements to achieve an enhanced prescribed burning window. The team also<br />

commended the Nassau County DOF staff on their overall forest management efforts to bring<br />

industrial forest lands toward a more natural forest condition. The team recommended that the<br />

Four Creeks State Forest pursue a hydrological assessment including evaluating areas for ditch<br />

removal, sheet flow, and general hydrologic restoration. The team suggests this effort include<br />

seeking assistance from SJRWMD. This assessment should inform future improvements or<br />

alterations to the road system. The team also recommended that DOF establish protocol for<br />

surveying rare plants and groundcover in planted pine to be implemented as stands are thinned<br />

and burned.<br />

Land M anagement R eview <strong>of</strong> Yellow R iver W ildlife M anagement Area (Santa R osa<br />

County)<br />

DSL Staff Remarks: On April 4, 2010, the review team found that the Yellow River Wildlife<br />

Management Area was being managed for the purposes for which it was acquired, and that the<br />

actual management practices were in compliance with the management plan. The team<br />

commended the FWC for establishing communication and relationships with other agencies,<br />

including GCPEP, and their efforts to partner with others to accomplish the management plan<br />

goals. The team recommended that FWC implement cooperative prescribed burning following<br />

recommended protection procedures for protecting old growth longleaf pine.<br />

Land Management Review <strong>of</strong> Box-R Wildlife Management Area (Franklin County)<br />

DSL S taff R emarks: On April 8, 2010, the review team found that the Box-R Wildlife<br />

Management Area was being managed for the purposes for which it was acquired, and that the<br />

actual management practices were in compliance with the management plan. The team<br />

commended the FWC on the overall management <strong>of</strong> this site. The progress that has been<br />

made on this property in the amount <strong>of</strong> time is commendable and well above average. The

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