Collier County Community Foundation Three species of sea turtle are known to inhabit the waters of Southwest Florida. Kemp’s Ridley and Atlantic Green turtles are both listed federally as Endangered species, and the Loggerhead is listed as a Threatened species....
DEP Conservation& RecreationalLands (CARL); NRCS –Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program Land management through prescribed fire is a beneficial method of maintaining suitable habitat for native wildlife. Advance research and monitoring of these management actions are important in assessing the success of fire management strategies ...
National Marine Fisheries Service, Florida DEP, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management Barrier islands support a wide variety of marine and terrestrial plant and animal species. Keewaydin Island is one of the State’s largest remaining unbridged barrier islands. The Reserve’s restoration efforts on Keewaydin have been taking place since 1996 and will continue in perpetuity ...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program When Shell Island road was built in the 1960’s the dredge?and?fill construction method disrupted the natural tidal exchange between Henderson Creek and the mangrove forest....