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Florida
Panhandle Initiative
1000
Friends of Florida is involved in a four-year
initiative to help communities in the Florida Panhandle identify
planning techniques to preserve critical natural resources in an
economically-viable manner. Our overriding goal is to work with
willing communities to accommodate growth in a manner that is sensitive
to significant natural areas while providing for a sound economy.
We anticipate working with business, government, and environmental
interests to develop partnerships and identify tools and strategies
to achieve this goal.
Funding
for this project has been provided by the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation. 1000 Friends' work is just one component of a larger
Duke Foundation commitment to the North Florida-South Georgia Region.
For this project we are partnering with The Nature Conservancy,
The Conservation Fund, The Georgia Conservancy, Tall Timbers Research
Station and others.
Current Topics
Bay
County
Franklin
County
Gulf
County
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To find out more about 1000 Friends' Florida Panhandle Initiative,
contact:
Mr. Dan Pennington
1000 Friends of Florida
926 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850 222-6277
Fax: 850 222-1117
Email
Dan
You
may also wish to contact:
Charles Pattison, Executive Director, 1000Friends of Florida
Jackson
County
Leon
County
- Restoring
a Disappearing Lake
by Georgann Penson. When Lake Jackson "disappeared," governmental
agencies jumped in. The Northwest Florida Water Management District,
along with state and local governments, implemented a massive
clean-up plan to restore the lake to its previous ecological health
and to its renown trophy largemouth bass days.
Liberty
County
Santa
Rosa County
Wakulla
County
Walton
County
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Additional
background material:
- Project
Description -- Click here for a brief overview of the Florida
Panhandle Initiative.
- Project
Map -- The Duke Foundation is focusing its work on three
eco-regions in North Florida and South Georgia: the Red Hills, Apalachicola
Bay and Gulf Coastal Plain.
- Duke
Foundation Funds Florida Panhandle Initiative -- The Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation is providing funding to a range of non-profit
organizations in the North Florida-South Georgia Region to help protect
significant natural resources.
- Duke
Foundation Press Release -- The Duke Foundation announces
its intent to fund a series of planning and land acquistion activities
in North Florida and South Georgia.
- Project
Activities Update
Our
Panhandle Partnerships
To assist in planning
and addressing problems associated with land use and development
and to foster actions that help preserve the area's biodiversity,
1000 Friends of Florida went looking for partners. The partners
we sought were local governments, nonprofits or a combination of
the two. The working objectives of our partnering efforts were to
address particular land planning, conservation or land use issues
that have particular relevance to outcomes that support the principles
of smart growth and affect the protection, maintenance or restoration
of natural systems and the biodiversity these systems support.
Florida
Panhandle Initiative Partnering Program - Fact Sheet
Partners
Additional
Resources
Articles
of Interest:
Other Interesting
Projects in the Region
Jackson
County Visioning Project: The goal
of Imagine Jackson is to encourage a representative cross section
of Jackson County citizens to describe a vision of the county that
they want for the future. The plan to accomplish this goal by informing
citizens about Imagine Jackson, stimulate them to be active in the
process, and capture their outlook. Jackson County is one of the
six counties along the Apalachicola River. The work they develop
under this visioning process will hopefully help to recognize and
protect the valuable biodiversity and natural resource base they
share with others in this river basin. The Chipola River, Mariana
Caverns, Merritts Mill Pond and its contributing Blue Springs springshed
are all a part of the greater Apalachicola River basin resources
that are feeling the impacts of development and agricultural/silvicultural
actions.
Workshops
Neighboring
Regional Areas
Bay
County's St. Andrews Bay and Watershed - The important area
between the Apalachicola and Gulf Coast Plains Eco-Regions where significant
development is being planned which will affect all of the projects
major focus areas. Includes portions of Bay, Gulf, Washington, Calhoun,
Jackson and Walton Counties
Other
Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Florida -- This map of
Florida includes links to many of the environmentally-sensitive areas
found across the state.
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