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Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area (2014-2024) Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area General Management Plan 2014 – 2024 South Florida Water Management District, Land Stewardship Section Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area Ten-Year General Management Plan (2014 through 2024) March, 2014 Land Stewardship Section South Florida Water Management District 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 Table of Contents List of Maps & Tables ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 List of Appendices ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Executive Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 2. Introduction and Management Plan Purpose ------------------------- 7 2.1 Management Area Goals and Objectives ----------------------------------------9 3. Site History --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 4. Resource Inventory ---------------------------------------------------------- 28 4.1 Hydrology ---------------------------------------------------------------------------28 4.2 Soils ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------34 4.3 Natural Communities -------------------------------------------------------------36 4.4 Wildlife -----------------------------------------------------------------------------40 1 Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area General Management Plan 2014 – 2024 South Florida Water Management District, Land Stewardship Section 4.5 Cultural Resources ----------------------------------------------------------------40 5. Natural Resource Management ---------------------------------------- 40 5.1 Restoration Projects ------------------------------------------------------------41 5.1.1 Monitoring ----------------------------------------------------------------------49 5.2 Vegetation Management ------------------------------------------------- 49 5.2.1 Exotic/Invasive Plants ---------------------------------------------------------50 5.2.2 Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species ----------------------------------53 5.2.3 Forest Resources----------------------------------------------------------------53 5.2.4 Agricultural and Range Resources -------------------------------------------54 5.3 Fire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 5.3.1 Fire History ---------------------------------------------------------------------55 5.3.2 Prescribed Fire Planning ------------------------------------------------------63 5.3.3 Wildfire Suppression -----------------------------------------------------------64 5.4 Wildlife Management ----------------------------------------------------- 65 5.4.1 Game Management ------------------------------------------------------------65 5.4.2 Exotic/Invasive Species --------------------------------------------------------66 5.4.3 Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species ----------------------------------66 6. Public Use -------------------------------------------------------------------- 68 6.1 Resource Protection ------------------------------------------------------------69 6.2 Environmental Education -----------------------------------------------------71 7. Administration ------------------------------------------------------------- 71 7.1 Planning and Budgeting -------------------------------------------------------72 7.2 Infrastructure -------------------------------------------------------------------74 7.3 Personnel and Equipment -----------------------------------------------------74 7.4 Volunteers and Alternative Work Force -------------------------------------74 7.5 Contractual Management -----------------------------------------------------75 7.6 Management Review -----------------------------------------------------------75 2 Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area General Management Plan 2014 – 2024 South Florida Water Management District, Land Stewardship Section Maps & Tables Maps 1. Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area and Other Public Lands -------- 8 2. 1591 map of Florida ------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 3. 1703 map of Florida ------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 4. 1780 map of Florida ------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 5. 1856 Military Map of the Interior of Florida -------------------------------------- 15 6. 1881 Timber Map of Florida --------------------------------------------------------- 21 7. 1879 General Land Office Map with Land Cover Classification ----------------- 23 8. 1900 Univ. of Fl Land Cover Map -------------------------------------------------- 24 9. 1953 Univ. of Fl Land Cover Map --------------------------------------------------- 25 10. 1941 and 1944 Aerials ---------------------------------------------------------------- 26 11. 2011 Aerials --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 12. Regional Major Geomorphic features ---------------------------------------------- 30 13. Regional Topographic Setting ------------------------------------------------------- 31 14. Regional Hydrologic Basins --------------------------------------------------------- 32 15. Regional Water Control Structures ------------------------------------------------- 33 16. Soils ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35 17. Natural Communities ---------------------------------------------------------------- 39 18. Rough Island South Wetland Restoration ----------------------------------------- 44 19. Gadner-Cobb Marsh Wetland Restoration ---------------------------------------- 45 20. Otter Slough Wetland Restoration ------------------------------------------------- 46 21. Oasis MarshWetland Restoration -------------------------------------------------- 47 22. Rolling Meadows Wetland Restoration -------------------------------------------- 48 23. Fire History Maps for Uplands------------------------------------------------------ 57-59 24. Fire History Maps for Wetlands ---------------------------------------------------- 60-62 25. KCOL Area under Public Use Rules ------------------------------------------------ 70 Tables/Figures 1. Natural Community Types ---------------------------------------------------------- 37 2. Plant Species ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 3. Listed Animal Species ---------------------------------------------------------------- 68 4. Operational and Land Management Expenses for FY 2014 --------------------- 73 3 Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area General Management Plan 2014 – 2024 South Florida Water Management District, Land Stewardship Section Appendices A. Land Stewardship Program Goals and Policies -------------------------------------79 B. Soils --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------87 C. Natural Communities ------------------------------------------------------------------89 D. Species Lists - Plants -------------------------------------------------------------------96 E. Species Lists - Animals ----------------------------------------------------------------111 F. FWC Public Use Regulations and Hunting Brochure - 2014 ----------------------116 4 Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area General Management Plan 2014 – 2024 South Florida Water Management District, Land Stewardship Section 1. Executive Summary The South Florida Water Management District (District) is directed to acquire and manage lands which are vital to the restoration of the Everglades, the Kissimmee River, the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes and its headwaters. In the early 1990s it was determined that not enough water would be available in the upper chain of lakes to provide year round base flow for the restored Kissimmee River. In response, the District expanded the scope of the Kissimmee River Restoration project to include the acquisition of land around the shoreline of the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes between elevations 52.5 feet and 54.0 feet. To date, 30,807 acres have been purchased in fee-simple and 7,800 acres have been acquired in flowage and conservation easements in Polk and Osceola counties with funding from the Save Our Rivers, Preservation 2000, and Florida Forever programs. This plan addresses management of the parcels acquired in fee-simple by the District and the sovereign submerged lands leased to the District within the project area. This General Management Plan describes the historical, ecological, and managerial aspects of the area as a means to coordinate effective management programs. The plan serves as a guidance document for the implementation of resource-based land management practices. It also provides information on operational procedures and organizational structures within the District and management activities and objectives for the management area. NATURAL SETTING The natural character of the management area is defined by 6 distinct soil categories as classified by the Natural Soil Landscape Positions soil classification system: flats soils, flatwoods soils, knolls, made lands, muck depression soils, and sand depression soils. Living on these soils are 20 distinct plant communities as described by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory. These have been collapsed and summarized in the chart below, excluding open water. hammocks wet prairie 9% 14% floodplain forest/swamp 14% agricultural 13% marsh dry prairie 41% 2% flatwood disturbed / 6% spoil 1% 5 Kissimmee Chain of Lakes Management Area General Management
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