Effective land management for conservation requires an
understanding of what the property to be managed was like before any changes
due to human activities like logging, agriculture, wetland drainage, road
building, or disruption of natural wildfires.
FNAI Biologists have mapped the historical vegetation on 2,414,045 acres of Conservation Lands in Florida
to help inform land management. This map
of historical natural communities on the Apalachicola National Forest is based
on 1937, 1942, 1952, and present day aerial photography, LiDAR elevation data,
soils maps, hundreds of ground-truthed GPS points, and locations of rare
species occurrences. This map served as
the basis for an Ecological Condition Model of the Apalachicola National
Forest, developed by the US Forest Service.
FNAI contributes a variety of data and analyses to help inform conservation land management decisions. Together with reference natural communities, historical vegetation maps help land managers set goals for restoration and management of conservation lands across the state.
FNAI contributes a variety of data and analyses to help inform conservation land management decisions. Together with reference natural communities, historical vegetation maps help land managers set goals for restoration and management of conservation lands across the state.
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