Pringle Creek Forest CoSponsored by Guana Tolomato Matanzas
Pringle Creek Forest Co-Sponsored by Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve Flagler County
Location Alabama St. Johns County Georgia Pringle Creek Forest Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Flagler County Northeast Florida within Flagler County
CELP Targeted Watershed NOAA’s Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program CELCP’s 2009 authorizing legislation specifies that no less than 15 percent of appropriated program funds be reserved for acquisitions that benefit National Estuarine Research Reserves 2/28/2021 3
Flagler County Land Acquisition Ranking Flagler County Land Acquisition Committee Property Purchase Rankings 1 Townsend Tracts-Lake Disston Parcel 2 Pringle Creek Forest 3 Spaulding Tracts-Dead Lake Parcel 4 Townsend Tracts-Dead Lake Parcel 5 Barber Property 6 Craven Property 7 Iroquois 8 Townsend Tracts-Haw Creek Parcel (Listed Properties are prioritized by committee member vote, but they can be acted on based on the availability of resources and other factors in or out of order) 2/28/2021 4
Surrounding Conservation Lands Flagler County 2/28/2021 5
Surrounding Development Existing Pringle Creek Forest 2/28/2021 Potential Pringle Creek Forest 6
Current Habitat Cypress 5% Forest regeneration 10% Pine plantation 46% 2/28/2021 Mixed wetland hardwoods 8% Mixed scrub-shrub wetland 26% 7
Current Uses Wells Canal System 2/28/2021 8
Priority Uses 1. Water Quality Buffer 2. Recharge Water Supply 3. Nature Based Recreational Uses 2/28/2021 9
Restoration Potential Timber Hydrologic Long Leaf Pine Planting Canal Removal and Freshwater Marsh Restoration 2/28/2021 10
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