Reports
- Lake Wales Ridge BOUNDARY MAP 2008 -- 20-page PDF file (Weekley, C.W., E.S. Menges, and R.L Pickert. 2008. An ecological map of Florida’s Lake Wales Ridge: A new boundary delineation and an assessment of post-Columbian habitat loss. Florida Scientist 71:45-64.)--link to; obtaining the map, errata, and more
- Florida's Ancient Islands
- Discovering Florida Scrub
- Lake Wales Ridge Bibliography
- State of the Scrub -- (Turner, W.R., et al. 2006.
State of the scrub: Conservation progress, management
responsibilities, and land acquisition priorities for imperiled
species of Florida's Lake Wales Ridge.)
- Text 42-page PDF file 2.53 MB
- Appendix 1, Species Summaries. 37-page PDF file 8.29 MB
- Appendix 2, Site Summaries - Current Sites. 50-page PDF file 10.81 MB
- Appendix 3, Site Summaries - Targeted Sites. 28-page PDF file 5.84 MB
Last revision, 23 May 2008, Fred E.Lohrer.
Greater Ridge Conservation Planning Tool
PDF file, 22pp, 9 maps, 1 MB
by, The Nature Conservancy, Archbold Biological Station, and University
of Florida GeoPlan Center, April 2008The Greater Ridge Conservation Planning Tool represents a new way of thinking about conservation and land use planning on central Florida's Lake Wales Ridge. It encourages a science-based approach that accepts that communities will continue to grow, while simultaneously emphasizing the need to preserve a functional landscape that allows for the movement of wildlife, and the management, protection, and preservation of existing natural areas and species over time.
Links to the 9 maps from the report. These are large .jpg files, ca. 2200 x 3300 pixels.
Fig. 1. Project Area
Appendix A. Maps
xeric species potential habitat
area sensitive species habitats
preliminary bear priority corridors
ecological corridors
one mile management buffers
critical smoke dispersal areas
agricultural lands within corridors and buffers
priority stream subwatersheds
