Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park Horn Springs Addition Management Plan Amendment Advisory Group Draft STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Division of Recreation and Parks August 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 1 PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPERTY ............................... 1 Property Significance ......................................................................... 1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE PLAN .................................................... 2 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OVERVIEW .................................................. 8 Management Authority and Responsibility ............................................. 8 Park Management Goals ..................................................................... 8 Management Coordination .................................................................. 9 Public Participation ............................................................................ 9 Other Designations ............................................................................ 9 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMPONENT INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 11 MANAGEMENT GOALS, OBJECTIVES and ACTIONS ............................ 11 NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ......................... 12 Soils and Geological Resources .......................................................... 13 Topography ................................................................................. 13 Soils .......................................................................................... 14 Geology ...................................................................................... 21 Mineral Resources ........................................................................ 22 Water Resources ............................................................................. 22 Description and Assessment .......................................................... 22 Resource Management Activities .................................................... 23 Natural Communities (FNAI) ............................................................. 24 Description and Assessment .......................................................... 24 Resource Management Activities .................................................... 37 Imperiled Species ............................................................................ 40 Resource Management Activities .................................................... 42 Exotic and Nuisance Species ............................................................. 43 Resource Management Activities .................................................... 46 Special Natural Features ................................................................... 47 Cultural Resources ........................................................................... 47 Description and Assessment .......................................................... 49 Resource Management Activities .................................................... 51 Special Management Considerations ................................................... 52 Timber Management Analysis ........................................................ 52 Resource Management Schedule ........................................................ 52 Land Management Review ................................................................ 53 LAND USE COMPONENT INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 55 EXTERNAL CONDITIONS ................................................................... 55 i Existing and Planned Use of Adjacent Lands ........................................ 57 PROPERTY ANALYSIS ....................................................................... 57 Recreation Resource Elements ........................................................... 57 Land Area ................................................................................... 58 Water Area ................................................................................. 58 Shoreline .................................................................................... 58 Natural Scenery ........................................................................... 58 Significant Wildlife Habitat ............................................................. 58 Natural Features .......................................................................... 59 Archaeological and Historic Features ............................................... 59 Assessment of Use........................................................................... 59 Past Uses .................................................................................... 59 Future Land Use and Zoning .......................................................... 59 Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (ROS) ......................................... 59 Existing Facilities ............................................................................. 63 Recreation Facilities ..................................................................... 63 CONCEPTUAL LAND USE PLAN .......................................................... 63 Potential Uses ................................................................................. 64 Public Access and Recreational Opportunities ................................... 64 Proposed Facilities ........................................................................... 69 Capital Facilities and Infrastructure ................................................. 69 Facilities Development ..................................................................... 71 Recreational Carrying Capacity .......................................................... 72 IMPLEMENTATION COMPONENT MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ............................................ 75 TABLES TABLE 1 – Management Zones ............................................................. 12 TABLE 2 – Prescribed Fire Management ................................................. 39 TABLE 3 – Imperiled Species Inventory ................................................. 41 TABLE 4 – Inventory of FLEPPC Category I and II Exotic Plant Species ....... 45 TABLE 5 – Cultural Sites Listed in the Florida Master Site File ................... 49 TABLE 6 – Resource Based Recreational Opportunities ............................ 56 TABLE 7 – Existing Use and Recreational Carrying Capacity ...................... 73 TABLE 8 – Implementation Schedule and Cost Estimates ......................... 77 ii MAPS Vicinity Map ......................................................................................... 3 Reference Map ...................................................................................... 5 Management Zones Map ...................................................................... 15 Topographic Map ................................................................................. 17 Soils Map ........................................................................................... 19 Natural Communities Map .................................................................... 25 Recreation Opportunity Spectrum Map ................................................... 61 Base Map ........................................................................................... 63 Conceptual Land Use Plan Map .............................................................. 67 LIST OF ADDENDA APPENDIX 1 Acquisition History ..................................................................... A 1 - 1 APPENDIX 2 Advisory Group Members and Report ............................................ A 2 - 1 APPENDIX 3 References Cited ........................................................................ A 3 - 1 APPENDIX 4 Soil Descriptions ........................................................................ A 4 - 1 APPENDIX 5 Plant and Animal List .................................................................. A 5 - 1 APPENDIX 6 Imperiled Species Ranking Definitions .......................................... A 6 - 1 APPENDIX 7 Cultural Information ................................................................... A 7 - 1 iii THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK i INTRODUCTION The Horn Springs Addition to Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park is in unincorporated Leon County, approximately 15 miles southeast of Tallahassee (see Vicinity Map). Access to the property is from Natural Bridge Road off State Road 363 near the community of Woodville (see Reference Map). In addition, significant land and water resources existing near the park have been identified on the Vicinity Map. Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park was acquired in 1950 as a donation from the United Daughters of the Confederacy (see Appendix 1). In October 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund approved the acquisition of the Horn Springs Property from Natural Bridge Timberlands, Inc. Of the 11,037- acre acquisition, 1,989.81 acres was leased to the Division of Recreation and Parks to be managed as part of Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park. Currently the park contains 2,125.01 acres. At Natural Bridge Battlefield Historic State Park, public outdoor recreation and conservation is the designated single use of the property. There are no legislative or executive directives that constrain the use of this property. Purpose and Significance of the