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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 148OTHER RESOURCES: The Green Swamp is a designated Area of Critical State Concern because of itsaquifer recharge abilities.THREATS: *development, *exotic plants, *feral hogs, human disturbanceCONSERVATION ISSUES: Green Swamp Wilderness Preserve: Flatwoods are prescribed-burned, andovergrown xeric oak scrub is mechanically treated and prescribed-burned. Nearly 13,000 acres wereburned in 1998. • Some buildings (e.g., a sawmill) of previous land owners were removed in 1994,and the sites replanted with native species. Monitoring of these restoration areas continues. Selectedpastures and citrus groves have been removed and restored to longleaf pine sandhills. Other pastureshave been converted to slash pine plantations to produce future revenue (a recent mandate of WaterManagement District properties). • Exotic plants such as skunkvine and tropical soda apple are“aggressively” controlled with herbicides. • Feral hogs are removed by hunting and trapping. Othersites? Under threat of development.NOMINATED BY: Manny Lopez (Southwest Florida Water Management District) and Bill Pranty(Audubon of Florida)REFERENCES: +Barnwell, M.E., P.M. Elliott, D.L. Freeman, and C.A. Gates. 1998. Resource monitoringprogram report, natural systems 1997. Southwest Florida Water Management District. Brooksville,FL. • +Barnwell, M.E., M.P. Eagen, P.M. Elliott, and D.L. Freeman. 1999. Resource monitoringprogram report, natural systems 1998. Southwest Florida Water Management District. Brooksville,FL.WEBSITES: ,,
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 149GULF ISLANDS GEOPARKAnclote Bar (___ acres; ___ ha), Anclote Key State Preserve (438 acres; 175 ha), Caladesi IslandState Park (650 upland acres [260 ha] and 1100 acres [440 ha] of mangroves and grass flats),Honeymoon Island State Recreation Area (2808 acres; 1123 ha]), and Three Rooker Island (___acres; ___ ha)Pasco and Pinellas counties~3300 acres (1320 ha)LOCATION: in the Gulf of Mexico off extreme southwestern Pasco County and northwestern PinellasCounty, generally 2–4 miles (3.2–6.4 km) from the mainland between Anclote and Dunedin. Offshorefrom part of the Coastal Pasco IBA to the east.DESCRIPTION: several barrier island systems off the heavily developed central Gulf coast. HoneymoonIsland State Recreation Area is connected to the mainland, while the others are accessible only byboat. All islands receive heavy visitation on weekends during spring and summer; Honeymoon Islandreceives over 700,000 recreationists annually, and this number is increasing [is visitation known forany other site?]. [mention the Anclote sandbar]OWNERSHIP: Florida Division of Recreation and ParksHABITATS: *slash pine flatwoods, *mangrove forest, *coastal strand, *estuarine, temperate hammock,fields, tidal marshLAND USE: *conservation, *recreationIBA CATEGORIES: significant populations of Threatened, Special Concern, FCREPA, Watch List, andIBA species; significant numbers of shorebirds, larids, and Neotropical migrants; significant overalldiversity; and significant natural habitatsAVIAN DATA: The islands are critical for shorebirds and breeding larids. Mangrove forests support one ormore pairs of Mangrove Cuckoos (at least at Honeymoon Island State Recreation Area) and BlackwhiskeredVireos and several pairs of “Florida” Prairie Warblers, and the uplands attract Neotropicalmigrants. Bird diversity for all sites combined is ___ native species. [Need to add bird list fromAnclote Key; does Caladesi or Three Rooker have a bird list?].Anclote Bar and Anclote Key State Preserve:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSPiping Plover Jan–Feb 2001 39 birds 7% (W)Snowy Plover May 200021 May–11 Jun 20013 pairs2 pairs1% (R)1% (R)Wilson's Plover 21 May–11 Jun 2001 2 pairs 1% (R)Shorebirds winter 1993–1994 3088 birds (W)Least Tern 21 May–11 Jun 2001 25 pairs
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