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Management plans for Aucilla include reintroducing fire into
those communities that are fire dependent, maintaining openings
that can be used by wildlife as foraging areas and travel lanes,
continuing to protect cultural resources, conducting inventories
of wildlife species, and developing plans for the restoration
of natural communities in those areas that have been significantly
altered.
Morgan Wilbur
Prescribed Burn
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Jenny Novak
Aerial photo of Prescribed Burn on Aucilla
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Betsy Purdum
Invasive Nonnatives Choke Wacissa Spring
Run
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| In places on the Wacissa River, hydrilla
and elodea have replaced the native eelgrass, and mats
of other non-native invasives such as water hyacinth
have covered the water surface. These non-natives interfere
with boating and swimming, displace native vegetation,
and have adverse impacts on sport fish. The cost of
removal, especially of hydrilla, is very high. In 2001-2002,
58 acres of hydrilla were removed at a cost of $26,360,
and 100 acres of floating plants were removed at a cost
of $12,500. |
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