A variety of planning and land management tools are addressed below that may be useful to communities and landowners to shape a  landscape to support the natural wildlife legacy.

• The Florida Wildlife-Friendly Toolbox Chapter 5 from Wildlife Habitat Planning Strategies, Design Features and Best Management Practices for Florida Communities and Landowners

• An Implementation Toolbox for Green Infrastructure - Chapter 6 from Wildlife Habitat Planning Strategies, Design Features and Best Management Practices for Florida Communities and Landowners

• Management and Design Factors - Chapter 7 from Wildlife Habitat Planning Strategies, Design Features and Best Management Practices for Florida Communities and Landowners

Implementation Tools

• A. Conservation Subdivisions - Conservation Subdivisions for Wildlife and Habitat

• B. Rural Land Stewardship Areas (RLSA)

• C. Sector Plans

• D. Development of Regional Impact (DRI)

• E. Upland Habitat Protection Ordinances

• F. Habitat Conservation Plans

• G. Conservation Easements

Management & Design Factors

• A. Wildlife Friendly Lighting & "Dark Skies"

• B. Fire to sustsain native ecological communities

• C. Stormwater management desing opportunities & Water Body Buffering

Unique Opportunities

1. Babcock Ranch Overview - Straddling the border between Charlotte and Lee counties, the 91,000- acre Babcock Ranch was one of the largest remaining undeveloped tracts of privately-owned land in Florida.

2. Nokuse Plantation is 53,000 acre private conservation initiative in the Florida Panhandle conceptualized and funded by M. C. Davis and Sam Shine. It is designed to be both a model and a catalyst for future landscape level conservation projects, which is the only way to preserve nature’s intrinsic biodiversity.   See also, M.C Davis (TNC Northwest Florida Greenway  or the FDEP NW Florida Greenway Planning and Development and Florida Trail through M.C. Davis Lands and the NW Florida Greenway ).

NOTE: www.floridahabitat.org  provides information developed by a variety of sources so that the mix of planning strategies, design features and best management tools that can be used to protect habitats and wildlife can be better understood and effectively used.  Descriptive accounts of planning strategies, design features and best management tools on this site does not represent our endoresment.