Conservation Directory

The Issues

Bobcat Metapopulation Research and Conservation Project - Summary of goals.
The Potential Threat to Bobcat Population Viability in Brevard County.
Bobcats, Corridors, and the Eastern Florida Flatwoods Ecoregion - A discussion on the regional implications of the loss of habitat connectivity in Brevard County, Florida.
A Habitat Conservation Plan for Bobcats in the Eastern Florida Flatwoods Ecoregion - Measures for the protection of regional  connectivity and habitats in Brevard County and the Eastern Florida Flatwoods Ecoregion.

Taking the Issues to the Policy Makers

Linear Parks and Corridors

Speech delivered to the Brevard County Parks and Recreation Department. October 8, 1998. - The need to make wildlife a priority when developing a linear park.

Interstate 95 Interchange at Port St. John

Letter to County Commissioners, FDOT, and Local Politicians. November 25, 1998.
Effects of the Port St. John I-95 Interchange on Bobcat Viability. November 25, 1998. - Ecological Assessment and Recommendations for Habitat Conservation I.
Letter to the Land Acquisition Advisory Council (CARL) in Tallahassee. December 1, 1998.
Effects of the Port St. John I-95 Interchange on Bobcat Viability, Biodiversity, and Recreation.  March 5, 1999. - Ecological Assessment and Recommendations for Habitat Conservation II.

Oleander Power Plant

Speech delivered to the Brevard County Board of Commissioners. February 16, 1999. - Proposing that existing land use regulations be amended to include a requirement that any proposed development be subjected to an assessment of how it will affect wildlife corridors.

Mud Lake and The Brevard Crossings Mall

Landscape Use by Bobcats in the Cocoa Area of Brevard County, Florida, May 26, 2000. Report to Ecoes Consulting, Inc. - Threat to landscape level connectivity as a result of the Brevard Crossings Mall development project.

Plantation Point Residential Development in Rockledge

Threat: Potential Ecological Isolation of Cruickshank Scrub Sanctuary (2001 and 2002) - Threat to scrub jay population from Plantation Point development and commercial zoning of parcel 752. (aerials included)

Associated Material

Corridors Identified via Radio-Telemetry Data of Bobcat Movements