This is a one year proposed project with $263076.13 requested from federal funds and $88539 in matching funds including $56918 in state matching funds $0 in local matching funds and $31621 in other…

This is a one year proposed project with $263076.13 requested from federal funds and $88539 in matching funds including $56918 in state matching funds $0 in local matching funds and $31621 in other (i.e. private organizations individuals) 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. Two 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 (25 taxa). Rare plant conservation projects are competitively ranked by fpcp staff and state and federal biologists. Projects ranked within the USFWS allocation are proposed by archbold biological station BOK tower gardens coastal plains institute florida native plant society florida state universitys florida natural areas inventory and south florida state college. 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 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 plant and animal species within each habitat benefit from land management activities provided for the federally listed plants. These projects occur on nonfederal lands. The fdacs financial management system for this grant is administered to meet 2 CFR 200.302 financial management requirements.