The Important Bird Areas of Florida - National Audubon Society

The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02iiiPUBLIC AGENCIES OR PRIVATE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONSTHAT OWN OR MONITOR LANDS WITHIN FLORIDA’S IBAsFEDERAL PROPERTIESDepartment of Defense installations: Avon Park Air Force Range, Cape Canaveral Air Station, EglinAir Force Base, Eglin Air Force Base Test Site, and (part of) Tyndall Air Force BaseNational Estuarine Research Reserve: Rookery BayNational Forests: Apalachicola, Ocala, and OsceolaNational Monument: Fort MatanzasNational Seashores: Canaveral, and Gulf IslandsNational Parks: Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and EvergladesNational Preserve: Big CypressNational Wildlife Refuges: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee, Cedar Keys, Chassahowitzka, CrocodileLake, Florida Panther, Great White Heron, J.N. “Ding” Darling, Key West, Lake Wales Ridge, LakeWoodruff, Lower Suwannee, Merritt Island, National Key Deer, Okefenokee, Passage Key, PelicanIsland, Pine Island, Pinellas, St. Johns, St. Marks, St. Vincent, and Ten Thousand IslandsOther: Kingsley Plantation, and Timucuan Ecological and Historic PreserveSTATE PROPERTIESFish Management Area: TenorocMilitary Reservation: Cape BlandingNorthwest Florida Water Management District properties: [none yet]St. Johns Water Management District Conservation Areas: Blue Cypress, Buck Lake, CanaveralMarshes, Emeralda Marsh, Fort Drum Marsh, Lake George, Lochloosa Wildlife, Moses Creek,Seminole Ranch, and Three Forks MarshSt. Johns Water Management District other properties: Brevard Coastal Scrub Ecosystem, Gum RootSwamp, Lake Apopka Restoration Area, and Ranch ReserveSouth Florida Water Management District properties: Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed,Corkscrew Regional Mitigation Bank, Dupuis Reserve, East Coast Buffer, Frog Pond/L-31 NTransitional Lands, Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, Kissimmee River, Loxahatchee Slough, Model LandsBasin, Pal–Mar, Southern Glades, Stormwater Treatment Areas, Strazzulla Tract, and Upper LakesBasin WatershedSouthwest Florida Water Management District properties: Annutteliga Hammock, Bright HourWatershed, Chassahowitzka River and Coastal Swamps, Cypress Creek Flood Detention Area, FlyingEagle Ranch, Green Swamp Wilderness, Gum Slough, Halpata Tastanaki Preserve, Jack Creek, LakePanasoffkee, Myakka River, Panasoffkee/Outlet Tract, Potts Preserve, Starkey Wilderness Park, andWeekiwachee PreserveState Forests: Blackwater River, Goethe, Jennings, Lake George, Lake Wales Ridge, Myakka, PicayuneStrand, Ross Prairie, Seminole, Tate’s Hell, and WithlacoocheeState Parks: Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve, Anastasia, Anclote Key Preserve, BahiaHonda, Big Talbot Island, Bill Baggs Cape Florida, Caladesi Island, Collier–Seminole, CurryHammock, Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island, Edward Ball Wakulla Springs, Fakahatchee StrandPreserve, Faver–Dykes, Fort Clinch, Fort George Island Cultural, Guana River, Highlands Hammock,Honeymoon Island, Hugh Taylor Birch, Ichetucknee Springs, John Pennekamp Coral Reef, John U.Lloyd Beach, Jonathan Dickinson, Key Largo Hammock Botanical, Kissimmee Prairie Preserve, LakeJune-In-Winter Scrub, Lake Kissimmee, Lake Louisa, Lignumvitae Key Botanical, Little TalbotIsland, Long Key, Lower Wekiva River Preserve, Myakka River, Oscar Scherer, Paynes PrairiePreserve, San Felasco Hammock Preserve, (part of) St. Andrews, T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph