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Volume 3, Issue 2 Ocala to Osceola (O2O) Wildlife Corridor Partnership Newsletter Upcoming Deadlines and Dates September 25, 2021 National Public Lands Day Ocala National Forest is hosting a Public Lands Day – Clean up and Restoration Project with the support and help from the UCF Knights. O2O Partnership Meeting Updates Our next O2O PartnershipContinue reading “O2O Newsletter, Fall 2021”

O2O Exciting Tidbit Post #6 June, 2021 The Florida Museum’s press release on the Blue Calamintha Bee Florida Scrub habitat The Florida scrub habitat can have many names in the state. “Scrubs are often named by the dominant plant species, as in rosemary scrub, sand pine scrub, palmetto scrub, or oak scrub. Florida scrubs mayContinue reading “O2O Exciting Tidbits: Our Ocala National Forest Has a Newly Discovered Resident and it is Blue!”

O2O Exciting Tidbit Post # 5 May, 2021 Florida Ecological Greenways Network (FEGN) Florida Ecological Greenways Network (FEGN) is a single model showing important ecological hubs and linkages that would make a swath of connected lands in the state. This model was developed using the following models •FWC Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas •FWC Biodiversity HotspotsContinue reading “O2O Exciting Tidbits, This is Us! The Florida Wildlife Corridor Act.”

O2O Exciting Tidbit Post # 4 May, 2021 National Forest Acquisitions Working Group Lead- Susan Carr Current O2O Partners Participating Centered on identifying properties and willing sellers for inholdings of Ocala and Osceola National Forests, for which acquisition will help the Forests with their land management and natural resource mission. Secondly, group will work toContinue reading “O2O Exciting Tidbits, O2O Working Groups Now Starting!”

O2O Exciting Tidbit Post # 3 May, 2021 Presentations from our April 27th, 2021 Partnership Meeting Please find presenters presentations below by clicking on the image with their organizations logo and the title of their presentation underneath. O2O Exciting Tidbits brought to you by

O2O Exciting Tidbit Post # 2 April, 2021 Scroll through below to see a few imperiled and of special concern species seen on the property Scroll through below to see pictures of the historic Kerr City A New Florida Forever Priority Area Piece Has Been Approved in the O2O! Good news for the, optimistically named,Continue reading “O2O Exciting Tidbits, A New Florida Forever Priority Area Piece Has Been Approved in the O2O!”

O2O Exciting Tidbit Post # 1 April, 2021 2020 RCPP Working Group The 2020 RCPP Now Started in the O2O! Good news for the Ocala to Osceola (O2O)Partnership!  You may remember the announcement last April about the new O2O Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) $9.4 million award for the O2O.  We are happy to reportContinue reading “O2O Exciting Tidbits 2020 RCPP Now Started!”

Photo by Rhonda Lovett taken on Wetland preserve Land Protection The O2O Partnership protected over 4,400 acres in the O2O last year, including 65 acres of fee and a whopping 4,346 acres of conservation easement acquisition!  We are happy to report that our partner, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) was responsible for aContinue reading “6 New additions to the O2O in 2020”

Volume 3, Issue 1 Ocala to Osceola (O2O) Wildlife Corridor Partnership Newsletter Upcoming Deadlines and Dates March 22nd, 2021 FWC Job Opportunity Government Operations Consultant III March 26th, 2021Application Deadline USDA Announces Signup for Conservation Stewardship Program O2O Partnership Meeting Updates Our next O2O Partnership meeting Location:  Zoom Meeting Link and details were emailed onContinue reading “Newsletter Spring 2021”