| The Environmentally Sensitive Lands
Protection Program (ESLPP) of Sarasota County is a
voter-approved and taxpayer-funded program designed to acquire
and protect natural lands. Priority sites within the county are
ranked on environmental criteria including connectivity, water
quality, habitat rarity, land quality and manageability.
Acquired lands are being protected and managed. Some preserves
will have public access for nature-based recreation.
More about our
preserves
Sarasota County's
environmentally sensitive lands provide safe habitat for many
threatened and native species including gopher tortoises,
Florida scrub-jays, bobcats, eagles and migrant birds.
Acquisition and protection of these lands now ensures that their
environmentally sensitive nature and habitats will be there for
future generations.
- Sarasota County is partnered with the
Sarasota Conservation Foundation to assist with
environmental land acquisitions under the county's
Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program.
- A nine-member oversight committee
comprised of community representatives has joined forces to
oversee the purchase of these lands and ensure the use of
the land for the good of the public.
- The committee has identified 24 diverse
and environmentally sensitive sites throughout the county
for possible acquisition.
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