| The Environmentally Sensitive
Lands Protection Program (ESLPP) of Sarasota County is a
voter-approved and taxpayer-funded program designed to acquire
and protect natural lands. Priority sites within the county
are ranked on environmental criteria including connectivity,
water quality, habitat rarity, land quality and manageability.
Acquired lands are being protected and managed. Some preserves
will have public access for nature-based recreation. More about our
preserves
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Ainger Creek
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Manasota Coastal
Hammocks
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Bayonne |
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Manasota Scrub
Preserve
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Circus Hammock
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Myakka Pines
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Colonial Oaks
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Myakka State Forest Addition
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Curry Creek Preserve
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North River Road
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Deer Prairie Creek
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Old Miakka
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Eastern Ranch Lands
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Old Oak
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Pine Notch
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Fox Creek |
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Pocono Trails
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Fruitville Flatwoods
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Ranch Reserve
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Gum Slough |
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Red Bug Slough
Preserve
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Hidden River
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Rocky Ford
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Howard Creek
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Rosemary Scrub
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Jelks Preserve Brochure |
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Sleeping Turtles Preserve - Ligon
Property Trail Map |
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Lemon Bay Park
Addition
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South River Road
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Lemon Bay Preserve
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T. Mabry Carlton Memorial Reserve Birds |
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Carlton Memorial Reserve
Public Use Facility
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Verna Buffer |
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Verna Flatwoods and
Scrub
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Warm Mineral Springs
Creek |
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All the documents below are viewable
with the free
Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
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2007 ESLPP Status
Report, Part1, Cover
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2007 ESLPP Status Report,
Part 2, Cover Letter
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2007 ESLPP Status Report,
Part 3, Map
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2007 ESLPP Status Report,
Appendix A, Part 1
Cover
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2007 ESLPP Status Report, Appendix
A, Part 2 Cover
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2007 ESLPP Status Report, Appendix
B Cover
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2007
ESLPP Status Report, Appendix B, Tables 1 and 2
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Sarasota County's environmentally
sensitive lands provide safe habitat for many threatened and
native species including gopher tortoises, Florida scrub-jays,
bobcats, eagles and migrant birds. Acquisition and protection of
these lands now ensures that their environmentally sensitive
nature and habitats will be there for future generations.
- Sarasota County is partnered
with the
Sarasota Conservation Foundation to
assist with environmental land acquisitions under the
county's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program.
- A nine-member oversight
committee comprised of community representatives has joined
forces to oversee the purchase of these lands and ensure the
use of the land for the good of the public.
- The committee has identified
24 diverse and environmentally sensitive sites throughout
the county for possible acquisition.
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