Hillsborough County Florida Conservation and Environmental Lands Management Department We manage more than 61,000 acres of environmentally sensitive wildlife habitat and corridors acquired through the Jan K. Platt Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP).Management responsibilities include:Prescribed burningInvasive species controlWildlife inventoryTrail maintenanceFeral animal controlHabitat improvements for endangered and threatened species of plants and animalsELAPP is a voluntary program established for the purpose of providing the process and funding for identifying, acquiring, preserving and protecting endangered, environmentally-sensitive and significant lands in Hillsborough County. It is a citizen-based program with volunteer committees involved in every key aspect of the program. ELAPP is not a regulatory program, but lands are identified for the program because of their environmental significance.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA
REPORT TO THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Recommendations Concerning:
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY’S
JAN K. PLATT
ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS ACQUISITION
AND PROTECTION PROGRAM
(ELAPP)
2019 ANNUAL REPORT
ELAPP Site Assessment Team
ELAPP Site Review Team
ELAPP Site Selection Team
CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL LANDS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Staff Recommendation....................................................................... 3
Executive Summary ........................................................................... 4
Report ................................................................................................. 9
Special Sites ....................................................................................... 17
Essential Sites .................................................................................... 17
Important Sites ................................................................................... 18
Desirable Sites ................................................................................... 20
Merged Sites ..................................................................................... 22
Acquired Parcels ............................................................................... 23
Substantially Acquired Sites .............................................................. 24
Provisionally Suspended Sites ........................................................... 43
Suspended Sites ................................................................................. 44
Appendices ......................................................................................... 53
ELAPP information and files are available at the main office of the Hillsborough County
Conservation and Environmental Lands Management Department, 10940 McMullen Road,
Riverview, FL 33569