Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor 2.0
The Urban/Rural Interface

March 5, 2025

Special planning challenges arise in areas where human development meets up with undeveloped wildland.  Building on the 2024 white paper, The Economics of Development in Florida, Urban3’s Joe Minicozzi and Adam Carr focus on The Economics of Rural Land Use in Florida.  Neil Fleckenstein, AICP, Tall Timbers Planning and Advocacy Coordinator discusses human/wildland interface planning and land conservation strategies to protect working rural lands managed with frequent prescribed fire. Florida Trail Gateway Communities Coordinator Austin Burton discusses using trail systems to link urban and rural areas.

This event has been approved for the following professional certification credits for those who attended the live webinar:  American Institute of Certified Planners (2 AICP CM, #9300637), Florida Bar (2.5 General CLE #2411880N), Certified Floodplain Managers (1 CEC), and Florida DBPR Landscape Architects (2 DBPR hours, #0014598). This event has not been approved for credits for Florida Environmental Health Professionals.