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WILDLIFE AND ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Surveys (Protected Species Surveys) - Local, State and/or Federal Protected Species such as gopher tortoise, wood stork, sand skink, Sherman’s fox squirrel Protected Species Monitoring - Bald eagle nesting, Florida manatee observations, burrow and cavity video scoping Faunal (Wildlife) Surveys - Baseline Inventories, ADA Section 8.D Methodology Floral (Vegetation) Surveys - Baseline Inventories, Sampling, Mapping Habitat Management Plans - Prescribed fire, Invasive Species Control, Multi-Species Invasive Species Management Plans -Flora and Fauna Mitigation Design - Upland Restoration and Enhancement Design
A spring and fall floral survey was conducted at Cypress Lakes Preserve for the Hernando County Planning Department. This 324-acre, ecologically diverse preserve is located on the Withlacochee River. The floral species lists and habitat descriptions generated by this study assisted in the development of an ecologically sound management plan for the preserve.
Environmental data was gathered for this 1,946-acre potential restoration area proposed by the South Florida Water Management District.The tasks included mapping and describing the natural plant communities by Florida Natural Areas Inventory classification system, providing a comprehensive (multi-season) plant species inventory by parcel and natural community type, the preparation of GIS-compatible maps of the existing plant communities, exotic/nuisance species, and the locations of all listed plant species.
Lake Forest Protected Species Survey (Hillsborough County)
Rezoning of this 640-acre site that is divided by Cypress Creek, a tributary to the Hillsborough River, required wildlife surveys compliant with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s guidelines for Section 8.D. of the Application for Development Approval.ECO conducted surveys and habitat assessment for species such as the gopher frog, gopher tortoise, American alligator, eastern indigo snake, southern bald eagle, southeastern American kestrel, snowy egret, little blue heron, white ibis, limpkin, tri-colored heron, wood stork and Florida black bear.ECO’s scientists also drafted written delineation methodology in order to clearly differentiate between the on-site mesic and xeric habitat.