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Publications
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PowerPoint presentation on Phase 1 Study Findings |
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Low resolution (pdf, 900 kb)
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State Road 40 Environmental Feasibility Study:
Phase I—Preliminary Assessment |
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Download the complete document (Large file, 3.4 mb, pdf)
 The overall objective of the Environmental Feasibility Study is to collaboratively engage major stakeholders in jointly assessing the feasibility of improvements to SR 40 between Silver Springs, Marion County, and US 17 in Volusia County.
The study was designed in three phases: preliminary assessment, strategy development, and agreement seeking. This document contains the results of Phase I, which was designed to identify the issues that would need to be addressed in such a process, and to explore whether stakeholders would be willing to participate. At the heart of this initial assessment are the findings from a series of stakeholder interviews.
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Memorandum of Agreement (Phase II MOA) |
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Download complete document: Adobe Acrobat (80 kb)
INTRODUCTION:
This Memorandum of Agreement (“Agreement”) entered into by and between the State of Florida, Department of Transportation (“FDOT”), Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC), and the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, (USFS); collectively known as the "Parties," is for the purpose of establishing the roles, responsibilities, and procedures under which work shall be performed by the Parties relating to a collaborative stakeholder process concerning environmental and transportation issues in the Greater Ocala Ecosystem including improvements to SR 40 in the Ocala National Forest, in Volusia, Lake, and Marion Counties, Florida.
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Other Publications of Interest |
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FLORIDA BEAR - A Publication of Defenders of Wildlife - FAll 2003 (pdf, 1 mb)
Human/Bear Conflicts Reach All-Time High
Conflicts between people and bears reached an alltime high in Florida in 2002, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC). Citizens reported a record 1,340 incidents to FWC in 2002, approximately 500 more than in 2001. |
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Roof & Wooding Report |
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Evaluation of the S.R. 46 Wildlife Crossing in Lake County, Florida (pdf, 347kb)
INTRODUCTION:
Habitat loss is perhaps the greatest threat to the bear's future in Florida, but habitat fragmentation and roadkill due to highways and vehicle traffic also pose a serious threats. Gilbert and Wooding (1994) examined black bear roadkills in FLorida from the period 1976-93, findin 12 areas in the state where black bear roadkills were concentrated. |
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