relatively qood relationship between 

 researchers, manaqers, and local user 

 groups. The wel 1-inteqrated (local, 

 state, federal) planning initiatives have 

 been based largely on preservation (land 

 purchases) and conservation approaches. 

 Whether such efforts will maintain the 

 resource remains to be seen. 



7.4.1. Publi c Land Investment 



Public and private parks, designed to 

 conserve or preserve areas in the 

 Apalachicola Valley, 



are 



scattered 



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Figure 48. Major public investments and 

 specially designated areas in the 

 Apalachicola basin. 



throughout the area (Figure 4R). The 

 Torreya State Park includes unique plant 

 species such as the Florida Torreya cedar 

 and Florida yew. The Apalachicola 



and Florida yew 



Forest and 



One of the major land-acquisition 

 projects, the bottomland hardwoods in the 

 lower basin, was the result of research 

 funded by the Florida Sea Grant College 

 and the Franklin County Commission 

 (Livingston et al. 1976a). In 1^76, 

 portions of the Apalachicola River 

 floodplain were considered for purchase 



Legend 



1. Three Rivers State Park 



2. Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam 



3. Jackson County Port Authority 



4. Torreya State Park 



5. Gaskin Wildlife Refuge (private) 



6. G. IJ. Parker Wildlife Management 

 Area (private) 



7. Apalachicola National Forest 



R. Environmentally Endangered Land 



Purchase 

 9. Ed Ball Wildlife Management Area 



(private) 



10. Apalachicola Bay Aquatic 

 Preserve 



11. St. Vincent Island National 

 Wi Idlife Refuge 



12. Little St. George Island EEL 

 Purchase 



13. Dr. Julian Bruce State Park 



14. Dead Lake Recreational Area 



15. Proposed purchase (estuarine 

 sanctuary) 



16. Unit 4, EEL purchase 



17. Dog Island, Nature Conservancy 



18. Proposed bottomland hardwood 

 purchase: Nature Conservancy 

 and "Save Our Rivers" program 



(state). 



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