Objective 2: By 2017, develop, expand and/or improve species and habitat monitoring systems, so that they may be used to more effectively evaluate SGCN and their habitats, evaluate the effectiveness of conservation efforts, and prioritize future efforts as part of an adaptive management process.
Species Monitoring
Description: All current SGCN will be incorporated into the FWC Species Ranking System.
For more information, please contact Kelly Rezac.
Habitat Monitoring
Description: Available GIS layers will be used to provide basic, current status information on all terrestrial and marine habitat categories and priority freshwater basins for which data are available. We will work with partners to begin filling priority data gaps identified in the 2010 Statewide Habitat Reporting System (SHRS), and expand the SHRS to include additional habitat categories and freshwater basins beginning with, but not limited to, those prioritized in the Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial goals below.
Download the Statewide Habitat Reporting System 2010 report.
For more information, please contact Kelly Rezac.
From the Action Plan
- The species and habitat monitoring projects will build on the work completed during 2006-2011. To learn more about these projects, view the First Five Years of Action Plan Implementation chapter.
- See the Key Conservation Challenges section in the Introduction for the basis of the Monitoring objectives.
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