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Cominrel ensh e Plan Coa sil al M an agemer t Elen sen t Beclamaei :light scaurae,i ui,iible from the beach) often disoricrit nieAing sea turthis and ane a leading ciausea of mortality and failed reproduclioni, Indian Rimer County crimironmental pllanniing staff, ;in 2007, began working in cicanjuncition with lhlei County CoaAall Eniginearinig Divisican an rciso:lming buaehl lighting miolalions by scmlding llcttars to beaciEfrcarrl plroplerty owners :indiclating lighting violations that are unique to ciaachl prcaperty. One bcriefit oflthe Sea'Furtle HCA is that lhle cicaunty clompli:lod a ecampllete database cif Isea turtle nesting sites and nest niumbcvi beginning in 2(105. Prior to 2003, compehensime data wcrea not amaillablei an nesting sea turtles sin thea county. Coen the niext ,ieamcaiall Aiavi, the county needs to aontir.iuea to impleament thea HCP byl criflrcainlg fighting rcistricticans and b)j continuing tca mcanitor nesting data to discaernl tremlds in ncisting. In X1008, the Illorida Aishl and Wildlifli Conservation Commissioni (AWC), ran partnership with thea Florida Deplartmerit of Envaiircanm emltall Arotoction (DEPI),_beagan an initiatives to deamalopl a Illorida- wide HCP fIr coastal buachles. The purpose of the HCPI is to e,itabfishl uniflirmity in hove lhlea Stales addresses post -di saster reacaomeryl for cionistrucltion east of the Coad al Con,itrucition Control Line, as ail afftricts stales Hand f6derall; :listed spleaies. In fight of this initiativea, thlci Countyshlould adcapl a plolicy to assist the FWC in devieloplmenit ciflthe slatciw:idci coastal beauhles HCP byl sharilnlg :local data on ,ieaa turilea niesting, cnosican cimemits, plotcnlial coastal mitigation siteas, and other cioasta:l data as may be rciqu ested by thea AWC and DF P. o Goplhlcni Tcarlcaisca Arcalecllionl fa 2(101, the AWC's Gcaphler Torta isea Managcamant Plan was reamiseid. Al lhlat time, thci goplhleri tortaisea was uplgradad from a spleai es cafIspleuiall aor.icaernl to a thr eal ened splecies. This upgradod status, allcang waillh FIWC',i p�ohibillioni oflgoplhler tortoise entorrbmicmit or.i dcavcdoplment sitcas, blas hle:ighlenied thea implortanae of gopher torl curse habitat within 11 ho caounty. A cacording to thle AWCI's revised goplbler torl aisci mianagememit plan, gcapber tortoises must bei reloclatud in al:l cases. At this time, thea county) blas no establishead plolilaies for gopher tortoise ralocalion beypnd thlosci established by thea AWCI. In the plast, Iridian Rimer Counly has acquired (unserviation land,i with scrub hlabillat suitab:lci ftr woeiving goplbler tcarloi,ieas, includirg the North) Sebastian Clcroservialion Arcaa, lhla Wabasso Scrub Conservalion Arcaa, and the Subastian Scrub Conserviatican Ai eia. In :light of 111.1a rcamisead F1WC goplhlcar lorto:ise management plana, the County should consider deame:lop;ing plofiaies in lhla Ccanserviation Element of the compehlensime plan for the relocation oflgoplbler tortoises frcami primale dameloplment lands to county owned lands. Thlaso policaies should allow demeloplers lhlea opltican oflplayiing a fda to hame gcaphcni tortoises relocated to caounty ownead lands, rather than thea current proccidurea of raloclatirg gopher tortoises to largelypimate lands outside of 11.1a caour.it3. Thci f6 as collected could bci usead to support lhlci ongoing managemerit oflrusidcmi tortoises and ralocaled tortoises on caounty owncid lands. Histoi is Wsouiz ces It hlm beean almost 2(1 ylcaars sincea as survey) was conducted of historic structures in thle unincorpoi stud ccaunq. That surveay, conducted in 1989, dcauumented 284 historic building situs. Elm a strucature to C ammunit}l De-jelaplment E eyoralment Indian Riven C aunty) ?ICI