THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE AND RESTORE HABITAT FOR LISTED AND AT RISK PLANT AND WILDLIFE SPECIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PENINSULAR FLORIDA INCLUDING ALL COUNTIES EAST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE AUCILLA RIVER. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FLORIDA PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PROGRAM STRATEGIC PLAN BY ASSISTING PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WITH IMPROVING THE ECOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THEIR PROPERTY IN SUPPORT OF HABITAT CONNECTIVITY. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY AND SPECIES RECOVERY THROUGH ENHANCED HABITAT MANAGEMENT. PRACTICES WILL INCLUDE LONGLEAF PINE PLANTING AND GROUNDCOVER RESTORATION AND MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL VEGETATION TREATMENTS AND PRESCRIBED FIRE PREP AND APPLICATION AND INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL AND EXCLUSIONARY FENCE AND GATE INSTALLATION AND GRAZING MANAGEMENT. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE RESTORED FOCAL HABITATS INCLUDING LONGLEAF PINE FLATWOODS AND SANDHILL AND SCRUB AND SPRINGS AND CAVES AND DRY AND WET PRAIRIE AND PINE FLATWOODS AND CYPRESS SLOUGHS AND HARDWOOD HAMMOCKS AND MIXED FORESTS AND WETLANDS INCREASING ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCY AND SUPPORTING RECOVERY OF LISTED AND AT RISK SPECIES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST.