Morgan Lake Wales Preserve |
Located in Polk County, this 487 acre site is adjacent to the Arbuckle Tract (10,717 acres) of the Lake Wales State Forest to the south and the state-owned Blue Jordan Swamp to the east. An additional 15,000 acres of conservation or state-owned lands surround the general area.
The site generally consists of rolling xeric oak habitat on fine sands that is typical of the Lake Wales Ridge and supports species that are endemic to the region, such as Sand and Bluetail Mole Skink and Florida Scrub Jay. The purpose of the Conservation Bank is to conserve these on-site communities and habitats and to manage them in perpetuity for Sand Skinks, Bluetail Mole Skinks, Florida Scrub-Jay, Gopher Tortoises and other commensal species, including the Florida Mouse, Eastern Indigo Snake, Florida Gopher Frog and other indigenous wildlife species.
The site may be used as mitigation for impacts to the above listed species on individual projects permitted through Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
The mitigation is available for impacts within the approved Service Areas at a ratio of two credits required to offset one acre of impact. The Service Area shows the areas where developers may purchase credits at the 2:1 ratio.
Once the mitigation acreage is purchased from Morgan Lake Wales Preserve Conservation Bank, there are no other financial or management obligations by the permittee.
Contact Victoria Colangelo or Megan McNeil at Mitigation Marketing LLC for more details or to reserve acreage for your project impacts. (407) 481-0677
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