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Unit Name: J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area
Acres: 60,288
Managing
Agency:
FWC
Current Management Plan
Approved:
413
6/06/2003
Narrative:
The management plan for this area was approved prior to July, 2008, and does not contain the
eight common management goals and associated quantitative measures that are now required to
be addressed by all management plans. Our progress, during the last two years toward achieving
the common goals and applicable core objectives are described in the narrative below and in
quantitative terms in the tables. Where applicable, this narrative lists outstanding
accomplishments, identifies any deficiencies and corrective actions, and provides other important
or clarifying information for each of the required management goals.
There is no restoration underway as most ruderal acres on the area are utilized in the wildlife
forage program required by the management plan. The old fields are planted and/or mowed each
year as part of the food plot program. The remaining ruderal acres contain the Everglades Youth
Camp or in-holding infrastructure, shooting range, utility corridors, and the field office compound.
The CMP lists two educational events that no longer exist: A Day in the Woods and FUN Camp.
FWC operated the Everglades Youth Camp until 2004 when Pine Joe at Florida Atlantic University
began leasing the operation.
Exotic plant treatment acreage decreased from 08/09 to 09/10 due to a funding decrease before
the area could be sufficiently retreated.