This is a one-year proposed project with 250,474 requested from federal funds and 83,766 in matching funds, including 44,699 in state matching funds, 0 in local matching funds, and 38,067 in other…

This is a one-year proposed project with 250,474 requested from federal funds and 83,766 in matching funds, including 44,699 in state matching funds, 0 in local matching funds, and 38,067 in other (i.e., private organization) matching funds that provides for 11 projects to directly help recover USFWS federally listed plants and a lichen species, and at-risk plant species in florida. 2 staff positions are proposed and would be made possible within the florida dept. Of agriculture and consumer svcs. One staff administers the florida statewide endangered and threatened plant conservation program (fpcp) and united states fish and wildlife service cooperative endangered species conservation fund, endangered species act (ESA), sect. 6 traditional conservation grants funds to conduct conservation efforts (i.e., USFWS recovery tasks) for all federally listed rare plant and lichen species in the state of florida (under cooperative agreement with USFWS). One staff maps, manages, and monitors 15 federally listed plants and one lichen species in one high quality conservation area, the lake wales ridge state forest. The fpcp targets a comparatively large number of federally listed plant species (68 taxa) and those that are currently at-risk and being petitioned for federal protection (27 taxa). Rare plant conservation projects are competitively ranked by fpcp staff, and state and federal biologists and proposed here, to be conducted by archbold biological station, BOK tower gardens, fairchild tropical botanical garden, coastal plains institute, florida native plant society, florida state universitys florida natural areas inventory, one private rare plant conservation firm, an individual expert on rare plant conservation and many volunteers. Tasks and objectives from these projects are aimed at recovery tasks provided in ESA recovery plans and include land management (including invasive plant management and fuel reduction woody plant removal), field surveys, introductions reintroductions augmentations, monitoring, research (including genetic, demographic, biological, ecological, etc.), plant propagation, in situ and EX situ population management, and other activities. The results of this project will be the proper administration of ESA traditional section 6 funds that directly address each federally listed plant and lichen species recovery tasks that help rare plant and lichen species to increase in viability and sustain their populations now and in the future. Importantly, all species within each habitat benefit from land management activities provided for the federally listed plants. These projects occur on non-federal lands. The fdacs financial management system for this grant is administered to meet 2 CFR 200.302 financial management requirements.