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The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 52protection of embedded natural communities (e.g., seepage slopes, baygall) and wetlands. [what aboutexotic plants?]NOMINATED BY: Mike Wilson (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)REFERENCE: +Robinson, W.G., and J.W. Tucker, Jr. 2000. Influence of season and frequency of fire onBachman's Sparrows and Henslow's Sparrows in longleaf pine forests of the Gulf coastal plain.Auburn University, Alabama.WEBSITE:
The Important Bird Areas of Florida: 2000–2002 – Pranty – 2-Jul-02 53EGLIN AIR FORCE BASEOkaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties463,448 acres (185,379 ha)LOCATION: in southeastern Santa Rosa County, southern Okaloosa County, and southwestern WaltonCounty, bordered by the Yellow River, Shoal River, and Titi Creek to the north, Highway 331 andprivate land to the east and northeast, Choctawhatchee Bay and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, andEscambia Bay to the west. Eglin is approximately 52 miles (83 km) east to west and 18 miles (28 km)north to south, and is nearly contiguous with the Blackwater River State Forest IBA to the north.DESCRIPTION: Eglin Air Force Base formerly was Choctawhatchee National Forest, but was converted tomilitary use at the beginning of World War II. The U.S. Air Force uses the Base to test and developconventional munitions on 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) of test ranges. The Base receives ____recreationists and ____ hunters annually.OWNERSHIP: U.S. Air ForceHABITATS: *sandhills, *riverine, *coastal strand, longleaf pine flatwoods, pine plantation, sand pinescrub, fields, hardwood swamp, bayhead, lacustrineLAND USE: *conservation, *military training, recreation, hunting, timber productionIBA CATEGORIES: significant populations of Endangered and Threatened species; complete diversity oflongleaf pine flatwoods and sandhills species; significant overall diversity; and significant naturalhabitats [long-term research for RCWs?]AVIAN DATA: This vast IBA supports the fourth-largest population of Red-cockaded Woodpeckersremaining in the world, as well as all other species of longleaf pine flatwoods and sandhills. [whatabout diversity of coastal strand? – overall shorebirds?]SPECIES DATES NUMBERS COMMENTS“Southeastern” American Kestrel 2000 74 nests only a “small sample” (R)Snowy Plover 1989Jan–Feb 2001at least 53 nests20 birdsat least 26% (R)5% (R)Red-cockaded Woodpecker 2000 301 active clusters 23% (R)Overall diversity Undated list 324 natives3 exoticssecond most diverse IBA inFloridaKestrel data provided by researchers from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, plover data from+Gore and Chase (1989) and provided by Jeff Gore (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission), otherdata provided by Bruce Hagedorn (U.S. Air Force)OTHER RESOURCES: Eglin Air Force Base is the largest forested military installation in the UnitedStates. It is recognized by The Nature Conservancy as an area of global significance for biodiversity,with 34 natural communities identified, and 118 rare or imperiled species present, includingnumerous endemics. • It encompasses nearly the entire range of two state-endemic vertebrates: the♦bog frog (Rana okaloosae) and ♦Okaloosa darter (a fish; Etheostoma okaloosae), and supports 5%of Florida’s ♦black bears (Ursus americanus). • A low density of sea turtles nest at Santa Rosa Islandand Okaloosa Island. From 1992 to 1997, numbers of nests along 17 miles (27 km) of beach rangedfrom 0–16 ♦green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests and 17–32 ♦loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)nests. • Perhaps only 5000 acres (2000 ha) of old-growth longleaf pine remain in the world, and 1712acres (684 ha) of these are found in four tracts at Eglin, the largest contiguous acreage of old-growthlongleaf pine surviving. The largest tract—the Patterson Natural Area—is 928 acres (371 ha) andcontains trees that on average are 130 years old and 16 inches (40 cm) in diameter at breast height.Patterson Natural Area recently has been enlarged to nearly 4500 acres (1800 ha). • Barrier islandsoccur in three separate areas at Eglin Air Force Base: 13 miles (20 km) of Santa Rosa Island, 4 miles
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