• Endangered Species Act and Consultations
• Map of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Florida Ecological Services Offices Areas of Responsibility - PDF 135KB
• Clearance to Proceed With Communication Tower Projects - PDF version 354KB
• Clearance to Proceed with HUD Projects - PDF version 51KB
• Clearance to Proceed with EDA Projects - PDF Version 49KB
• FEMA Florida Statewide Repair and Replacement of Pre-existing Facilites Post-disaster - PDF - 780KB
• FEMA Emergency Berm Repair for the Florida Coast Biological Opinion - PDF - 8.9MB
• Candidate Conservation Agreements in the Southeast
• Wind Energy Development Information and Guidance
• Florida Wildlife Conservation Guide
• 2012 USFWS and FWC Section 6 Cooperative Agreement
• Links to Other Useful Resources

• Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative (PF LCC)
• More info on Southeast LCC initatives
• More info on national LCC initatives

Audubon crested caracara Bald Eagle Beach Mouse Eastern Indigo Snake

Everglades snail kite Florida Scrub-Jay Piping plover Red-cockaded Woodpecker

Sand Skink Florida Manatee Sea Turtles Woodstork

• Listing Status: Threatened
• ECOS udubon's crested caracara Species information

Due in part to low occurrances in the North/North-Central Florida area of operations, our office is using the South Florida ESO guidelines and information provided via the following link to provide techinical assistance and in our project consultations.

Project Planning and Review

• Guidelines and information
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

• Not listed under ESA, protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA)
• Migratory Birds Program bald eagle information

Project Planning and Review

• 2007 National Bald Eagle Management Guidelines - 148KB - PDF
  (Key information located on page 12 and Glossary)
• National Post-delisting Bald Eagle Monitoring Plan - Near Bottom of Page (March 2009)
• 2007 Bald Eagle Monitoring Guidelines specific to Florida
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

• General Species Information
• 2011 Sea Turtle and Beach Mouse Statewide Programmatic Biological Opinion - Beach renourishment Projects - PDF 2.0MB

Anastasia Island Beach Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus phasma)

• Anastasia Island Beach Mouse Distribution Map - PDF 384KB
• 2007 ESA Five-year Status Review - PDF 379KB

Southeastern Beach Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris)

• Southeastern Beach Mouse Distribution Map - PDF 1.4MB
• 2008 ESA Five-year Status Review - PDF 795KB

• Listing Status: Threatened
• ECOS Eastern indigo snake Species Information
• General Information
• 2008 ESA Five-year Status Review - PDF 3.5MB

Project Planning and Review

• Eastern Indigo Snake Protection Measures - PDF 15KB
• 2010 USFWS concurrence in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers use of the attached Eastern Indigo Snake Programmatic Effect Determination Key - PDF - 355KB - - 01/05/2012 - Update Addendum added to file.

• 2011 North Florida ESO Eastern Indigo Snake Survey Protocol - full version PDF - 545KB
• 2011 NFESO EIS Survey Protocol, less appendices - PDF - 318KB
• 2011 NFESO EIS Survey Protocol Appendix A - FAQs - PDF - 154KB
• 2011 NFESO EIS Survey Protocol Appendix B - Data Sheet - form fillable PDF - 227KB

• Images for poster use (credit: Photo courtesy USFWS) - Right Click and "Save As"
  • Eastern Indigo Snake - Hi-rez - JPG - 1.4MB
  • Eastern Indigo Snake - close-up - JPG - 390KB
  • Pete Pattavina, USFWS Fish and Wildlife Biologist holds a threatened Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi) - JPG - 427KB
• Sample poster - PDF - 170KB
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

• Listing Status: Endangered
• ECOS Everglade snail kite Species information

Due in part to low occurrances in the North/North-Central Florida area of operations, our office is using the South Florida ESO guidelines and information provided via the following link to provide techinical assistance and in our project consultations.

Project Planning and Review

• Guidelines and information
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

• Listing Status: Threatened
• ECOS Florida scrub-jay Species Information
• General Information
• 2007 ESA Five-Year Status Review - PDF 536KB

Project Planning and Review

• General Survey Guidelines and Protocols - August 27, 2007
• Mitigation Assessment Guidance -March 16, 2009- PDF Version - 202KB
• FWS-FWC Joint Florida Scrub-jay Translocation Guidelines - June 6, 2011 - PDF Version - 287KB
• Incidental Take Permit Applications and Habitat Conservation Plans
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

Scrub-jay Umbrella Habitat Conservation Plan

Complete FSJ Umbrella HCP/EA - PDF - 3.0MB

• Intent to Participate Form (Appendix A) - PDF - 38KB
• Instructions for Participation (Appendix B) - PDF - 17KB
• Mitigation Cost Calculation (Appendix D) - PDF - 2.8MB
• Sample Incidental Take Permit Application - PDF - 2.3MB
• Incidental Take Permit Application - PDF - 489KB

• Listing Status: Threatened
• ECOS Piping plover Species Information
• Critical Habitat Unit Maps

Due in part to low occurrances in the North/North-Central Florida area of operations, our office is using the South Florida ESO guidelines and information provided via the following link to provide techinical assistance and in our project consultations.

Project Planning and Review

• Guidelines and information
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

• Listing Status: Endangered
• ECOS Red-cockaded woodpecker Species Information
• Species Recovery Information

Project Planning and Review

• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

• Listing Status: Threatened
• Sand skink Species Information
• 2007 ESA Five-year Status Review - PDF - 484KB

Project Planning and Review

• Sand and Bluetail Mole Skink Conservation and Consultation Guide - PDF 508KB -
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

• Listing Status: Endangered
• ECOS West Indian manatee Species Information
• General Information
• Species Recovery Facts
• Manatee Critical Habitat Designation (excerpt 50 CF 17.95(a)) - PDF 46KB

2007 ESA Five-year Status Review

• 2007 ESA Five-Year Status Review
• Review Questions and Answers

Manatee Protection Areas

• Rules related to Federal MPAs
• Maps of Federal Manatee Protection Areas
• Maps of State Protection Areas

Project Planning and Review

• USFWS manatee data files - Kings Bay in Crystal River, FL
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Permit Sourcebook (Go to Section V - Endangered Species, then Manatees )
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

2011 Florida Manatee Project Key Programmatic Assessment

• Biological Opinion - PDF - 275KB - Updated to correct formatting and Appendices References
• Biological Assessment - PDF 219KB
• Appendices - ALL - PDF - 186KB

• Appendix A - Incidental Take Avoidance-minimization measures for new or expanding multi-slip facilities and dredging projects, 2011 - PDF 14KB
• Appendix B - Standard Manatee Conditions for In-Water Activities, March 2011 - PDF - 150KB
• Appendix C - Additional Conditions for Project In-water Activities in Manatee Habitat, 2011 - PDF - 16KB
• Appendix D - Standard Manatee Conditions for new and existing pipes and culverts, 2011 - PDF - 12KB
• Appendix E - Dock Construction Guidelines in Florida for docks or other minor structures constructed in or over submerged aquatic vegatation (SAV), marsh or managrove (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/National Marine Fisheries Service, August 2001 - PDF - 12KB
• Appendix F - Key for construction conditions for docks or other minor structures in or over Johnsons seagrass (Halophila johnsonii) October 2002 - PDF - 13KB

• USFWS Key Concurrence Letter - PDF 266KB

• General Sea Turtle Information
• 2011 Sea Turtle and Beach Mouse Statewide Programmatic Biological Opinion - Beach Renourishment Projects - PDF 2.0MB
• 2007 ESA Five-year Status Reviews
• Sea Turtle Nesting GIS Information

• Listing Status: Endangered
• ECOS Wood stork Species Information
• General Species Information

2007 ESA Five-year Status Review

• Review document - PDF - 394KB
• Review FAQs

Project Planning and Review

• Conservation and Management for Landowners - PDF - 888KB
• Habitat Management Guidelines - January 1990 - PDF - 347KB
• USFWS & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2008 Wood Stork Consultation Key - PDF - 34KB
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools

2010 Wood Stork Florida Nesting Colonies Maps

• Map of Wood Stork Nesting Colonies and associated Core Foraging Areas in Florida - PDF - 304KB
• Florida Nesting Colony GIS Shape Files (February 2010) - zipped file size 9KB
• Florida Nesting Colony Core Foraging Areas GIS Shape Files (February 2010) zipped file size 588KB
  To download Zipped Files - Right click and select "Save Target As"

Coastal Wood Stork Nesting Colonies

• Map highlighting coast nesting colonies in Florida - PDF - 1.1MB
• List of Wood Stork Nesting Colonies - North Florida - 15 miles from coast - PDF - 46KB
• List of Wood Stork Nesting Colonies - South Florida - 18 miles from coast - PDF - 46KB

• List of Federally-listed Species in Florida
• Permits
• Incidental Take Permits
• Habitat Conservation Plans
• Candidate Conservation Agreements in the Southeast
• Habitat and Resource Conservation
• FWC Special Conservation Initiatives
• Florida Wildlife Conservation Guide
• 2012 USFWS and FWC Section 6 Cooperative Agreement
• FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Mapping and GIS Information
• Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Tools
• Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
• Safe Harbor Agreements
• Federal Assistance Programs
• Grant Programs
• Private Landowner Network
• Other Landowner Tools (Click the "For Landowners" button)

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

• ESA Consultations
• ESA Basics - PDF 128KB
• Related Document