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!' ) e <br />moC .. c a 51 9 <br />POLICY 6.1: The county shall establish and/or assist state, <br />federal, and regional agencies in'the establishment of preserves <br />for sand pine/xeric scrub, tropical/coastal hammock, coastal <br />strand, and pine flatwood/dry prairie vegetative communities, of <br />a sufficient size to maintain viable populations of endemic plant <br />and/or animal species. The county shall coordinate with the <br />Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council (TCRPC) to contribute to <br />the establishment of such preserves, in conjunction with a regional <br />"wilderness corridor", as identified by the TCRPC. <br />POLICY 6.3: By 1992, the county shall acquire and/or assist state <br />and federal agencies in the acquisition of a minimum of 100 acres <br />of coastal/tropical hammocks and complementary habitats for the <br />protection of the vegetative community. The following sites shall <br />be considered: <br />a. coastal/tropical hammocks and other complementary native <br />plant communities adjacent to the (IFAS) Florida Medical <br />Entomology Laboratory, north of Oslo Road, east of U.S. <br />#1. <br />b. coastal/tropical hammocks adjacent to northern Jungle <br />Trail, in coordination with the proposed Pelican Island <br />National Wildlife Refuge expansion; <br />c. coastal/tropical hammocks on Orchid Island north of <br />Wabasso Beach and east of S.R. AIA, in conjunction with <br />the proposed CARL Wabasso Beach/Sea Turtle National <br />Wildlife Refuge project; and <br />d. coastal/tropical hammocks and other complementary native <br />plant communities along the western bank of the St. <br />Sebastian River, in conjunction with ongoing state and <br />federal land acquisition proposals. <br />POLICY 6.14: By 1993, the countv shall <br />acres (not including those areas nrotec <br />t <br />policy 6.12) of pine flatwoods/d <br />establishment of conservation easements <br />combination thereof. The following <br />communities shall be givenspecial consid <br />policy: <br />protect a minimum of 300 <br />ed through application of <br />ryprairie through the <br />or fee simple purchase, or <br />pine flatwood/dry prairie <br />eration in satisfvina this <br />a. Flatwood/dry prairie communities in southwest <br />Indian River County, identified by the Florida <br />Game and Freshwater Fish Commission-(GFC) and <br />Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council <br />(TCRPC) as potentially contributing to a <br />regional "wilderness corridor"; and <br />10 <br />_I <br />