Florida Native Plant Society Blog

by Stacy Klema, Cuplet Fern Chapter Board Member This land management review happened in January. Please follow and adhere to CDC guidelines pertaining to the public health crisis at this time.  The beautiful FWC sign at the main entrance. Late this past January, a two-day land management review was performed at Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area - a 30,701 acre property located in Orange County. Every five years the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission evaluates the property, along with representatives from user groups, the Florida Forest Service and the Florida Native Plant Society. It is our job to document the land use, management practices, make suggestions and applaud efforts. With this particular review, we found a lot of great things happening on the property. A roller chopper. Tosohatchee encompasses close to a dozen natural Florida communities. Some of these include scrubby flatwoods, bay gall, floodplain marsh and sw...

SOME COUNTIES’ LEGISLATIVE DELEGATIONS HAVE ALREADY MET, MANY OTHERS ARE COMING UP THIS MONTH by Eugene Kelly, Sue Mullins, and Valerie Anderson WHAT A Legislative Delegation is an office within (most) county governments and the group of state-level legislators that represent that county. This group holds public meetings once a year in the Board of County Commissioners chambers or some other public meeting place. This meeting is in the winter, between December and February. Members of the public who wish to speak must submit a completed Public Hearing Form well before the meeting, although in most cases citizens can show up and file a card on the spot to speak to the delegation. This Legislative Delegation meeting provides local constituents with a rare opportunity to speak directly with the state lawmakers who represent them in Tallahassee. Local politicians often attend these events, so they will hear your concerns, too. WHY  Protecting native plants and their habi...