The Pine Rockland Initiative Biodiversity, Restoration, and Thinking Big to Save a Globally Imperiled Ecosystem

Outline o My background o IRC background and mission o IRC’s work in pine rocklands o Conservation context o Transformative change o Conversation! My Background and Pine Rocklands George Washington Turner Thelma Turner My ancestors arrived in 1910 as agricultural pioneers. [...] Floristic and faunistic inventories Rare species research Ecological restoration design and implementation Educational training and workshops Online tools and resources International policy Some IRC Resources Ecological Restoration and Community Outreach International Policy Work on Ecological Restoration, Conservation, and Sustainability www.ser.org/Standards Presenter Presentation Notes ADAPTATI. [...] THE ADAPTATION HAS INVOLVED MULTIPLE DRAFTS AND SUBSTANTIAL INTERNATIONAL REVIEW IRC’s Work in Pine Rocklands Floristic Inventories Rare Species Floristics A Collaboration of Many 2003-2008, Long Pine Key o 31 species studied, 21 thought to be present, and 10 thought to be possibly extirpated. [...] (1979; NPS) and subsequent <2% remaining Settlement Rock plow, urbanization Conservation Gann 2018, unpublished Network of Public and Private Conservation Areas Miami Rock Ridge Pinelands (Gann 2018 unpublished) Biscayne Vascular Plants Estimated native taxa – 420 Unique Taxa Long Pine Key – 4 Redland and Biscayne - 119 Redland – 5 Biscayne – 52 S FL Endemics* Long Pine Key In Pine Rocklands – 28. [...] “I look at it as pine rockland with asphalt over it.” Miami Herald, 2020 4) Burn Wherever and Whenever Possible Pine Ridge Sanctuary Redland, Florida 5) Support both Public and Private Conservation Efforts IRC’s Pine Rockland Initiative Private Pine Rockland Owners’ Summit, October 2018 6) Document Potential for Natural Recovery Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park Former Scraped Site, SOCSOUTH.