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St.
Marks and Wakulla Rivers
Resource
Assessment &
Greenway
Protection Plan
The Florida Greenways
Program of
1000 Friends of
Florida &
The Conservation
Fund
Northwest Florida
Water Management District
September 1994
Table of Contents
Chapter
4 -Local and State Conservation Programs
Local Resource Conservation Programs
Review of the Local Government
Comprehensive Plans
Review of State Resource Protection
Programs
Chapter
5 - Recommendations For Conserving the St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers
Greenway
List of Figures
List of Figures
Figure 1- Proposed St. Marks and
Wakulla Rivers Greenway
Figure
2 - St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers Watershed Study Area
Figure 3 - What is a Greenway
Figure 4 - Ecological and Recreational
Functions of Greenways
Figure 5 - Benefits of Greenways
Figure
6 - St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers Watershed Existing Land Use
and Land Cover
Figue 7 - What is Karst Topography
Figure
8 - St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers Watershed Recreational, Historical
and Cultural Resources
Figure 9 - Comparative Use Trends
Figure
10 - St. Marks and Wakulla Rivers Watershed Natural Resource
assessment
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Elizabeth
Ordway Dunn Foundation, the Florida Department of Community Affairs
Coastal Zone Management Program and the U.S. Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for their financial
support of the project.
This report was prepared by Robert
Williams, Kent Wimmer and David Gluckman of the Florida Greenways
Program of 1000 Friends of Florida and the Conservation Fund and
by Tyler Macmillan, Luann Rains, and Daryl Huffman of the Northwest
Florida Water Management District. We would like to thank the staff
of 1000 Friends of Florida and of the Northwest Florida Water Management
District for their contributions to this project. We would also
like to thank those individuals who provided us with direction,
information, and research materials for the writing of this report,
including:
Jim Cox, Florida Game and Freshwater
Fish Commission
Steve Leitman
Clif Maxwell, Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks
Jim Muller, The Florida Natural
Areas Inventory
Robin Will, St. Marks National
Wildlife Refuge
We would like to thank the following
citizens who attended the St. Marks Greenway Steering Committee
whom volunteered their time and energies in helping shape the project.
We would also like to thank Ouida Vicks and the City of St. Marks
for graciously hosting the steering committee meetings. Members
of the steering committee provided suggestions, comments and ideas
for the report, but the report's findings, conclusions and recommendations
do not necessarily reflect those of the following steering committee
members.
Jeannette Brooks
Mickey Cantner, HuManatee
Scott Causey, Wakulla County Planning
Commission
Craig Diamond, Tallahassee/Leon
County Planning Department
Mike Donovan, Apalachee Regional
Planning Council
Gretchen Evans, TNT Hideaway
Mike Gerrell
Pete Gerrell
Russell Grace, Tallahassee/Leon
County Planning Department
William Hees, Tallahassee/Leon
County Planning Department
Ken Kirton
Barry Laffin
Jack Leffert
Nelson Martin
Joanna Mawer
Clif Maxwell, Florida Park Service
Ed Mills, Director, Wakulla County
Planning Department
Blayne Newsome, St. Joe Land and
Development Company
Anne Rakestraw
Cynthia Rusling
Ouida Vicks, City of St. Marks
Jackie Youngstrand
Finally, to all those people noted
above and the many more that helped who are not specifically identified,
we thank you, but any errors or omissions in this assessment and
plan are attributable to the authors.
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