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Comprehensive Plan Caastlal Mania¢emenit Eleirienit <br />density of submearged aquatics veagetation (8A V; ; manateea use abundance; m anataci mortallity- water <br />depth) and pplomimity to emisting cahlannells; and boating patterns. <br />Curnent:lM clounq silaffwaoikls wiithl the Florida Flishl and Willdlife Conlservationi Ccimmission (F WC) <br />in implementing the khan. hi 2005 the Coa.atal Manalgeumenll Ellcament was rcMacid llo include the <br />objcicativaes and plolicleia of thea MPA. <br />Going forward, lhca Ccaunty shlould caontinue lI ca impllemcant the MPA byl r evucawing all pp oplosed m ulti- <br />sliipl dock facaihities and boat i arnpls in the county and rucluiring that those facilitiies meat cariteria sell <br />kir) h in thea MAA. hi the near future; the MAA is due to undeai go its filvea-)iear upldatea. A t that tima, the <br />Clcaunty shcauld coordinate with thea FWC and cacansider modiflcaaticans to thea MAPI basad on a reaviewl <br />cif the mortality data for hidian Ritter County. <br />Natural Resourcaes <br />Frcam ll 99( to 2007, the total acn eagea of all nat-ime pllanl communities in the county decncaascad. Thea <br />loss c&iffesea pllanl communities is :laaigalyl attribul able to devleloppnent of pineviouslyl undevcdoplad <br />lands willhin thea Urban Servicea Aiea of lhle caoastal zone. Despite these losscis, thea cacaunty has <br />cantinucad caonserwing natural rea.aourcaci,% This caonservation Has ocacaurread through acquisition of lands <br />in the caoastall zone flan consearvation and nestonalion, car pplotection under) caonservation caascaments. <br />Ar abjeautivlea of 111a County's canvironmental lands acacluisilion program is for the County to acquire <br />cinvimm-n antalll3i signifi(aarlt :lands lhlat caontribute to wlildlifta corridors and greeanlwayls that <br />intenconnecat existing conauniatican areas. The following wildlife corridors in the caoastal zone <br />waarranl canservatican: <br />o hidian Rivar Bagooni Bluewaayl (inc:lud:ing the St. Sebastian Ritter) Gneenwaa)') <br />o Atlantic Coastal Sand Rildgea (Wintcnl Beach arcaa) <br />o Tan -mule Ridga (buatweaeanl CRI f 10 and SFJ 60) <br />Fon the County to succacaed in caonsearving signifilcaant envfinonmenlal lands within thea reafi:nlenced <br />wildli f✓:a caorridors, a number of aplpliloaches, beycand just feca-.simlplle acaqu isaitiori, hlavae to bea empl:laylead. <br />Thlosa aplpplclachles include transkil cafl devaeloplment rights, less than feca-simple purcahami of <br />conservation. caascamenits, nequ:iread naturaa area set-asideas asscacaiatud wilh ricaw deaveloppnenits, and <br />requ:ircad "grecanbults" for ncaw towns eastablishead outside caflthle Urban Servi:icae Area. 'Hhea Counl3j's <br />plolicM should be to conitinue to rlequ:inca naatural areaa set-a.aidea.a wlithl i1 s land devlellcapmicar.lt rlegu:laations, <br />require) grecarlbelts with naw towns, and to suck) funds for the plurcahasea of caonservalion easemeanits. <br />• hivlasivle F xcal is Plants <br />Tl' u Florida Bxotic Real Filant Council (EHPIC) mainlains a lliA of invlasivle eaxolic p:lant.a found in <br />Mork a. 'Dhca EHPC clamificas inmasivea exot:ia plants as Calleagory I :invaasives wlhlcinl such plants are <br />known to allaul native pllarrt communities bM di:apllac:ing native spleacieas, changing community <br />struatures on eacalogilcall functions on hylbridizing Waith nativles. C ategoryl II invasime exotics are pllant.a <br />that have anareaasead in abundance on frequency) in natural areas but hlavea not ylel alteread Florida plant <br />Communit3l E evelopment Department Indian Rilwi C uunt}I A <br />