Betsy Purdum
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The Florida scrub-jay is a threatened and declining species that
occurs sparingly on Half Moon. Scrub-jays rely on open scrubby
habitat with patches of bare sand and 3-10 feet tall oak trees.
Lack of fire made the oak stands too tall and dense for fire to
penetrate. This area was chopped to allow fire to spread through
it and to create the open habitat scrub-jays prefer. This was
a short-term solution to the long-term goal of scrub-jay habitat
management by fire alone.
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