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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 240NORTHERN EVERGLADESArthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (145,787 acres; 58,314 ha), East CoastBuffer (15,164 acres; 6065 ha), Everglades Buffer Strip North (1155 acres; 462 ha), Evergladesand Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area (671,831 acres; 268,732 ha), Holey LandWildlife Management Area (35,350 acres; 14,140 ha), Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area(27,810 acres; 11,124 ha), and Talisman property (51,210 acres; 20,484 ha). Private lands aresought for public acquisition through the East Everglades CARL–FF Project (104,615 acresunacquired; 41,846 ha) and Stormwater Treatment Areas SOR project (47,630 acres; 19,052 ha,with 45,519 acres acquired; 18,207 ha).Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties1,100,552 acres (440,220 ha), with 993,916 acres (397,566 ha) acquired[This IBA needs additional information]LOCATION: much of southern and western Palm Beach County, central and western Broward County,and northwestern Miami-Dade County, from the Everglades Agricultural area south to EvergladesNational Park. Contiguous with the Everglades National Park IBA to the south and the Big CypressSwamp Watershed IBA to the west. Near the Loxahatchee River and Slough IBA to the north.DESCRIPTION: a vast area of Everglades marsh and agricultural lands part of Everglades restoration northof, and contiguous with, Everglades National Park. Most of the marsh portions of this IBA areaccessible only via airboat. Many of the sites are State-owned Water Conservation Areas that aremanaged by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as Wildlife Management Areas.Water Conservation Area 1 is leased to the Federal Government as Arthur R. Marshall LoxahatcheeNational Wildlife Refuge, and receives 305,000 recreationists and ____ hunters annually.OWNERSHIP: Florida Division of Wildlife (Holey Land Wildlife Management Area and RotenbergerWildlife Management Area), South Florida Water Management District (all other publicly ownedsites; Everglades and Taylor Wildlife Management Area is managed by Florida Division of Wildlife,and Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), andprivate owners (remaining acreage of the East Everglades CARL–FF Project and the StormwaterTreatment Areas SOR Project).HABITATS: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: *wet prairie (56,478 acres;22,591 ha), *sawgrass marsh (28,042 acres; 11,216 ha), *tree islands (21,915 acres; 8766 ha), cattailmarshes (5726 acres; 2290 ha), cypress swamp (400 acres; 160 ha), open water (282 acres; 112 ha),and sloughs (272 acres; 108 ha). [need information for the other sites]LAND USE: *conservation, *recreation, *water storage and supplyIBA CATEGORIES: significant populations of Endangered, Special Concern, and FCREPA species;significant numbers of wading birds; significant natural habitats; [and long-term research?]AVIAN DATA: Bird diversity of all sites combined is ____ native species. [Is a bird list available for theother WCAs?].
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 241Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSGreat Egret 1997–2000 mean of 979 nests (rangeof 516–2037)mean of 6% (range of 3–13)% (B)Snowy Egret 1997–2000 mean of 154 nests (range(B)of 15–470)Little Blue Heron 1997–2000 mean of 1124 nests (rangeof 557–1592)mean of 15% (range of 9–26%) (B)Tricolored Heron 1997–2000 mean of 1124 nests (range(B)of 147–489)White Ibis 1997–2000 mean of 2167 nests (rangeof 873–5780)mean of 12% (range of 5–33%) (B)Wading birds 1997–2000 mean of 5690 nests (range(B)of 2064–11,416)Snail Kite 1967–1980 mean of 11 birds (rangeof 0–45)up to 44% (1970) of thencurrentnumbers (R)Overall diversity Sep 1998 list 252 natives6 exoticsKite data from +Sykes (1983); 1997 data from +Bailey and Jewell (1997), 1998 data from +Bailey et al. (1998),1999 data from +Thomas et al. (1999), 2000 data from +Thomas et al. (2000)Water Conservation Areas 2 and 3:SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTSAnhinga 1997–2000 mean of 1095 nests (range of(B)318–2181)Great Egret 1997–2000 mean of 3179 nests (range of2608–4373)mean of 20% (range of 17–29%)Snowy Egret 1997–2000 mean of 904 nests (226–2388) (B)Little Blue Heron 1997–2000 mean of 634 nests (range of209–1311)mean of 8% (range of 3–21%)Tricolored Heron 1997–2000 mean of 984 nests (range of(B)629–1278)White Ibis 1997–2000 mean of 7070 nests (range of535–21,117)mean of 40% (range of 3–“123”%) (B)Roseate Spoonbill 1997–2000 mean of 21 nests (range of 10–47)mean of 2% (range of 1–4%) (B)Wood Stork 1997–2000 mean of 213 nests (0–500) mean of 3% (range of 0–9%) (B)Wading birds 1997–2000 mean of 14,246 nests (range of6241–29,728)Snail Kite 1975–1980 mean of 129 birds (range of 50–421)up to 80% of then-currentnumbers (R)Kite data from +Sykes (1983), 1997 data from +Frederick and Battaglia (1997), 1998 data from +Frederick andFontaine (1998), 2000 data from +Frederick et al. (2000)OTHER RESOURCES: ____ Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge represents the lastremaining parcel of the Northern Everglades system and contains a 400 acre (160 ha) remnant cypressswamp. It also supports 25 species of dragonflies,THREATS: _____ [exotic plants, water mismanagement, etc.]
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