Where did the idea for a Cooperative Conservation Blueprint come from?
The idea came from expert input during the development of “Florida’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy” in 2004 MyFWC.com/WildlifeLegacy. The Cooperative Conservation Blueprint is a priority action for the state (Strategy pg 46-47). The idea also came at about the same time from the Century Commission for Sustainable Florida http://www.centurycommission.org/.The Florida Legislature created the Century Commission in 2005 to envision and plan for Florida’s future. The May 2007 product “CLIP, Critical Lands & Waters Identification Project, Phase I Report to the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida” is the beginning of efforts to unify all of the existing excellent natural resource GIS work in Florida into a single database. CLIP Phase II when complete by the end of 2007 will serve as a starting point for the Cooperative Conservation Blueprint by identifying statewide conservation priorities.
