Closing Critical Gaps: Local Strategies and Statewide Partnerships for Florida Wildlife Corridor Protection

April 15, 2026

In this webinar, 1000 Friends of Florida, the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, and Tall Timbers come together to share how education, policy, and on-the-ground partnerships can protect Florida’s most vital conservation landscape. Allyn Childress of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation discusses the Foundation’s planning efforts across the state, highlighting initiatives to protect critical Corridor areas and engage local governments and communities. Kim Dinkins of 1000 Friends of Florida introduces the Mind the Gaps online curriculum — a free, two-module resource designed to help elected officials, planners, and community members move from awareness to action on Corridor protection. Ben Naselius of Tall Timbers describes a current project in Florida’s Big Bend region connecting landowners within the Corridor to technical support and funding opportunities for stewardship on working and wild lands. Explore the full Mind the Gaps curriculum at 1000fof.org/floridawildlifecorridor/onlinecurriculum.

Check out a few more of the resources shared during the webinar:

• Learn more about the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation’s work: floridawildlifecorridor.org
• Corridor Connect: To sign up: Corridor Connect Ecosystem
  • Once registered, there will be access to the Mind the Gaps Toolbox under Learn/Resource Hub
• Corridor Compatible Communities guidelines: Corridor Compatible Communities Design Guidelines Request | Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation
• FL Wildlife Corridor Payment for Ecosystem Services: https://www.wildlifecorridorpes-fl.com
• Conservation Lever Storymap: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f424d88ac16441089d093dabe5d824c
• Connect with Allyn Childress, Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, here: allyn@floridawildlifecorridor.org
• Tall Timbers FL Wildlife Corridor page: talltimbers.org/wildlife-corridor

This event was approved for the following continuing education credits for those who attended the live webinar

• American Institute of Certified Planners (1.5 AICP CM #9325853)
• Florida Bar Attorneys (2.0 General CLEs, 2603997N)
• Florida Environmental Health Professionals (1.5 Contact Hours or 0.15 CEUs)
• Certified Floodplain Managers (1 CEC)
• Florida Landscape Architects (1.5 DBPR Credits #0015762)