The goal of Resource Management is to protect, acquire, enhance, restore and manage natural environmental areas. The program’s responsibilities lie primarily in two areas, land acquisition and land management. Protected land is acquired through the Environmentally Sensitive Lands and Neighborhood Parklands Programs.

The proactive process of land management strives to maintain the ecological integrity of the lands. Such efforts conserve the County’s unique environmental heritage and preserve important ecological functions by maintaining, and where necessary, restoring the natural environment for future generations. Land management tools such as feral animal control, exotic plant removal and prescribed burning are used to achieve these efforts.

For more information about land acquisition and management, see the links on the left or call (941) 861-5000.