The Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP) 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.
Protecting Our
Environmentally
Sensitive Lands
And Wildlife
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Parks, Recreation and Conservation
Department
Environmental Lands Acquisition
and Protection Program
Managing the Selected
Properties
A detailed management plan
is developed by County staff
with citizen input. Priority is
given to protecting a site’s
natural resources. All sites
acquired by the County are
accessible to the public for
compatible, resource-based
recreation to the greatest extent possible. No sites
acquired for preservation will be used for active
recreation, such as organized sports or athletics
or undergo any other form of public or private
development.
ELAPP also pursues funding to acquire and
preserve property that may qualify under other state
and federal conservation and open space programs.
These programs depend on the governing authority
to approve, such as the Florida Legislature for state
programs.
Sherman’s Fox Squirrel
For more information regarding the site
nomination process, site management, acquisition
of approved sites, or to participate in the
program, please contact:
Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department
P.O. Box 1110, Tampa, FL 33601-1110
(813) 672-7876
The Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection
Program (ELAPP) 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; a property does not become environmentally
sensitive because it’s in the ELAP Program, it is in the
ELAP Program because of its
environmental significance.
In January 1987, the Board
of County Commissioners
approved an Environmentally-
Sensitive Lands Ordinance
which provided $21 million over
a four-year period to acquire
environmentally-sensitive
lands. In 1990