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Sarasota County Resource Management
| Environmentally
Sensitive Lands Protection Program |
The Environmentally Sensitive
Lands Protection Program (ESLPP) of Sarasota County is a
voter-approved and taxpayer-funded program designed to acquire
and protect natural lands. Priority sites within the county are
ranked on environmental criteria including connectivity, water
quality, habitat rarity, land quality and manageability.
Acquired lands are being protected and managed. Some preserves
will have public access for nature-based recreation.
More about our
preserves
Sarasota County's environmentally
sensitive lands provide safe habitat for many threatened and
native species including gopher tortoises, Florida scrub-jays,
bobcats, eagles and migrant birds. Acquisition and protection of
these lands now ensures that their environmentally sensitive
nature and habitats will be there for future generations.
- Sarasota County is partnered
with the Sarasota Conservation Foundation to assist with
environmental land acquisitions under the county's
Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program.
- A nine-member oversight
committee comprised of community representatives has joined
forces to oversee the purchase of these lands and ensure the
use of the land for the good of the public.
- The committee has identified
24 diverse and environmentally sensitive sites throughout
the county for possible acquisition.
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