The Important Bird Areas of Florida - National Audubon Society

More documents

Recommendations

Info

The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 146NOMINATED BY: Joy Marburger (St. Johns River Water Management District)WEBSITES: ,
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 147GREEN SWAMP ECOSYSTEMGreen Swamp Wilderness Preserve (121,618 acres; 48,647 ha), Lake Louisa State Park (4449 acres;1779 ha), the Richloam Tract of Withlacoochee State Forest (49,200 acres; 19,680 ha), and theGreen Swamp CARL–FF Project (117,780 acres [47,112 ha], with 14,827 acres [5930 ha] acquired,including Hilochee Wildlife Management Area [3759 acres; 1503 ha])Lake, Pasco, Polk, and Sumter counties242,010 acres (96,804 ha), with 140,849 acres (56,339 ha) acquiredLOCATION: in southeastern Hernando County, southern Lake and Sumter counties, northern PolkCounty, and eastern Pasco County, bordered by State Road 50 to the north, U.S. Highway 27 to theeast, south of Interstate 4 to the south, and the Withlacoochee River to the west. Near part of theWithlacoochee State Forest IBA to the west.DESCRIPTION: A vast wetlands system, the Green Swamp is extremely important for aquifer rechargeand wildlife and habitat protection. It serves as the headwaters for the Hillsborough, Ocklawaha,Peace, and Withlacoochee rivers. Much of the uplands have been converted to cattle pastures, butextensive wetlands remain, including cypress swamps and bayheads. Public acquisition of the GreenSwamp has been a state priority since 1992. Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve is the only site withinthis IBA that was nominated formally; data are mostly or entirely lacking for the remaining sites. TheWilderness Preserve receives ____ recreationists and ____ hunters annually.OWNERSHIP: Florida Division of Recreation and Parks (Lake Louisa State Park), Florida Division ofWildlife (Hilochee Wildlife Management Area), Southwest Florida Water Management District(Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve), and private owners (remaining acreage of the Green SwampCARL–FF Project)HABITATS: *longleaf pine flatwoods, *cypress swamp, *hardwood swamp, *riverine, pine plantation,sandhills, oak and palm hammocks, xeric oak scrub, dry prairie, fields, non-native pasture, bayhead,freshwater marsh, cattail marsh, lacustrine, artificialLAND USE: *conservation, *hunting, recreation, timber production, cattle grazingIBA CATEGORIES: significant populations of Endangered, Threatened, and FCREPA species; andsignificant natural habitatsAVIAN DATA: This IBA is thought to support significant populations of more species than the limiteddata presented below suggest. [I have a bird list for Lake Louisa State Park, and have compiled arudimentary (and greatly incomplete) list for Green Swamp Preserve; are lists available for othersite?].Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSWood Stork Mar–Jul 1998 58 nests 1% (B)Swallow-tailed Kite Jul–Aug 1997 >40 birds 3% (N)Bald Eagle 1999–2000 10 nests 1% (B)Stork data from +Barnwell et al. (1999), kite data from +Barnwell et al. (1998), and eagle GIS coverage providedby Julia Dodge (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission).Lake Louisa State Park:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSOverall diversity Aug 2000 list 91 natives1 exoticsData provided by Rosi Mulholland (Florida Division of Recreation and Parks)
Page 1 and 2:
MemorandumBill Pranty, Florida IBA
Page 3 and 4:
The Important Bird Areas of Florida
Page 5 and 6:
THE IMPORTANTBIRD AREAS OFFLORIDA:
Page 7 and 8:
Page 9 and 10:
Page 11 and 12:
Page 13 and 14:
Page 15 and 16:
Page 17 and 18:
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
Page 37 and 38:
Page 39 and 40:
Page 41 and 42:
Page 43 and 44:
Page 45 and 46:
Page 47 and 48:
Page 49 and 50:
Page 51 and 52:
Page 53 and 54:
Page 55 and 56:
Page 57 and 58:
Page 59 and 60:
Page 61 and 62:
Page 63 and 64:
Page 65 and 66:
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69 and 70:
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Page 81 and 82:
Page 83 and 84:
Page 85 and 86:
Page 87 and 88:
Page 89 and 90:
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100: The Important Bird Areas of Florida
Page 149: The Important Bird Areas of Florida
Page 201 and 202:
Page 203 and 204:
Page 205 and 206:
Page 207 and 208:
Page 209 and 210:
Page 211 and 212:
Page 213 and 214:
Page 215 and 216:
Page 217 and 218:
Page 219 and 220:
Page 221 and 222:
Page 223 and 224:
Page 225 and 226:
Page 227 and 228:
Page 229 and 230:
Page 231 and 232:
Page 233 and 234:
Page 235 and 236:
Page 237 and 238:
Page 239 and 240:
Page 241 and 242:
Page 243 and 244:
Page 245 and 246:
Page 247 and 248:
Page 249 and 250:
Page 251 and 252:
Page 253 and 254:
Page 255 and 256:
Page 257 and 258:
Page 259 and 260:
Page 261 and 262:
Page 263 and 264:
Page 265 and 266:
Page 267 and 268:
Page 269 and 270:
Page 271 and 272:
(25) *pickerelweed (Pontedaria cord
Page 273 and 274:
Page 275 and 276:
“Southeastern” American Kestrel
Page 277 and 278:
Purple Martin (Progne subis)Tree Sw
Page 279 and 280:
Page 281 and 282:
Page 283 and 284:
Page 285 and 286:
show all

The Important Bird Areas of Florida - National Audubon Society

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?