Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor 2.0
Spring 2025 Webinar Registration
Find out more about Florida-specific strategies to protect our natural and agricultural lands:
Challenges and opportunities for Florida’s agricultural lands February 12, 2025, from 12:00 — 2:00 P.M., EST
Approximately 80% of the currently unprotected 8 million acres in the Florida Wildlife Corridor are in agriculture. These lands are essential to the Corridor and provide vital ecosystem services that benefit all Floridians. Agricultural and conservation leaders will share their perspectives on the challenges facing the agricultural industry, steps to move forward, and strategies to maintain both agricultural and conservation values on these working lands. Presenters include Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association President Mike Joyner, Florida Climate Smart Agriculture Work Group Co-Chairs Jim Strickland and Lynetta Griner (also representing ranching and silviculture), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Kelsey Bernard and Luis Gonzalez, and UF Center for Landscape Conservation Planning Director Tom Hoctor.
This event has been approved for the following professional certification credits for those who attend the live webinar: American Institute of Certified Planners (2 AICP CM, #9303169), Florida Bar (2.5 General CLE #2413627N), Florida DBPR Landscape Architects (2.0 DBPR Credits #0014642), Certified Floodplain Managers (1 CEC), and Florida Environmental Health Professionals (2.0 Contact Hours or 0.20 CEUs).
The urban/rural interface
March 5, 2025, noon to 2 p.m., Eastern
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 will focus on The Economics of Rural Land Use in Florida. Neil Fleckenstein, AICP, Tall Timbers Planning and Advocacy Coordinator will discuss human/wildland interface planning and land conservation strategies to protect working rural lands managed with frequent prescribed fire. Florida Department of Environmental Protection Office of Greenways and Trails Chief Sam Browne and Florida Trail Gateway Communities Coordinator Austin Burton will discuss using trail systems to link urban and rural areas.
This event has been approved for the following professional certification credits for those attending 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.
Details and Registration Coming Soon!
Building an Even Bigger Tent
Past Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor
Broadcasts and PowerPoints
A series of leaders share community planning and land conservation strategies to protect the Corridor. Check out their presentations:
2025 Series
What’s Sprawl Got to Do With It?
Explore how planning for urban areas impacts our natural lands.
2024 Series
Looking at the Big Picture
What is the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and why is landscape-scale conservation essential for its future?
Fostering Community Vision
What regional efforts are protecting Florida’s natural and agricultural lands through sound community planning?
The Planning Toolbox
Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of myriad planning tools available to promote healthy communities and rural lands in Florida.
Building a Big Tent
How do the economics of development impact Florida’s rural lands, and how can we forge partnerships between agricultural interests, conservationists, landowners, elected officials, and others to protect the Corridor?
Past Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor
Broadcasts and PowerPoints
A series of leaders share community planning and land conservation strategies to protect the Corridor. Check out their presentations:
Looking at the Big Picture
What is the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and why is landscape-scale conservation essential for its future?
Fostering Community Vision
What regional efforts are protecting Florida’s natural and agricultural lands through sound community planning?
The Planning Toolbox
Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of myriad planning tools available to promote healthy communities and rural lands in Florida.
Building a Big Tent
How do the economics of development impact Florida’s rural lands, and how can we forge partnerships between agricultural interests, conservationists, landowners, elected officials, and others to protect the Corridor?