HIGHWAYS AND ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN FLORIDA; IMPACTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This report is designed to provide the Florida Department of Transportation with information and recommendations to avoid or mitigate adverse impacts to threatened or endangered species. Although it principally addresses impacts of highway facilities it should also be helpful to others involved in planning land development projects. The species selected for specific discussion have been or potentially will be impacted by highway construction, operation or maintenance procedures, and all recommendations are based on current knowledge of each species' life history, habitat needs and vulnerability to disturbance. Also, included is a listing of endangered and threatened species which could be encountered in each Florida county and that should be considered in land-use planning. There are 4 basic types of mitigation that can be applicable in road construction projects: 1) spatial mitigation, 2) temporal mitigation, 3) operational mitigation and 4) replacement mitigation. Those 4 techniques are the most commonly used in the species recommendations, the one(s) being applied dependent upon both the involved species' needs and site-specific conditions.

• Corporate Authors:

  Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission

  620 South Meridan Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32301

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Office of Materials and Research, P.O. Box 1029
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32602
• Authors:
  • Skoog, P J
• Publication Date: 1982-6-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 97 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Impact studies; Land use planning; Recommendations; Road construction; Traffic mitigation; Wildlife
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mitigation
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453645
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/FL/BMR-84-272
• Contract Numbers: FLHPR Study E-3-79
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM