Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor 3.0
Transect Planning & Connectivity

September 23, 2026

Wildlife connectivity doesn’t stop at the Florida Wildlife Corridor boundaries. How communities plan and grow in the surrounding landscape impacts both conservation and community resilience.

Hear from four leading voices working at the intersection of habitat connectivity and planning.  Isabella Guttuso Browne (University of Florida Center for Landscape Conservation Planning) highlights the importance of planning beyond the boundaries of the Corridor in the often-overlooked transitional zones between urban and rural areas. Galina Tachieva (DPZ) addresses the importance of context and scale in applying the urban to rural transect, common transect violations, and opportunities for wilderness in cities.  Dr. Jay Exum (Exum Associates) builds on the success of the urban to rural transect by exploring how ecological values can be woven into the transect, providing targeted actions and design considerations to protect wildlife, communities, and the landscapes that connect them. Kylie Paul (Center for Large Landscape Conservation) highlights the Center’s recently released report on integrating wildlife habitat into local government planning that provides case studies, recommendations, and resources for municipalities.

This event has been approved for the following professional certification credits for those who attend the live webinar:
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP CM 2, #9331559)
Florida Bar (2.5 General CLE # 2607457N)
Certified Floodplain Managers (1 CEC)
Florida Landscape Architects (2 DBPR Credits #0015987)
Florida Certified Environmental Health Professionals (2 Contact Hours/0.2 CEUs)