Federal Register - September 7, 2021
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 7, 2021 / Proposed Rules
including pine rocklands. NFC
regulations are designed to prevent clearing or destruction of native vegetation within preserved areas.
Please see the unit descriptions below for the specific amount of each unit that is enrolled in the NFC program.
We present brief descriptions of each proposed critical habitat units and the justification for why each meets the definition of critical habitat for the Miami tiger beetle, below.
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Unit 1: Trinity Pineland Unit 1 consists of approximately 10 ac 4 ha of State-owned land in MiamiDade County. The unit is within the historical range of the Miami tiger beetle, although we are not aware of any records of historical occupancy of the unit. This unit includes pine rockland habitat within the Northern Biscayne Pinelands of the Miami Rock Ridge.
This unit includes all the physical or biological features essential for the conservation of the species and is protected and actively managed to maintain a healthy pine rockland habitat.
This unit is currently unoccupied by the Miami tiger beetle but is essential for the conservation of the species because it serves to protect habitat needed to recover the species, reestablish wild populations within the historical range of the species, and maintain populations throughout the historical distribution of the species in Miami-Dade County. It also provides habitat for recovery in the case of stochastic events, should the Miami tiger beetle be extirpated from one of its current locations. Given this unit contains essential habitat features all of the physical or biological features, is protected and actively managed, and has an appropriate spatial distribution falling within the range of the species, we are reasonably certain that the lands and habitat within this unit will contribute to the conservation of the Miami tiger beetle.
The Natural Areas Management Division of Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department conducts nonnative species control, prescribed fire, and mechanical vegetation treatments on lands owned or managed by Miami-Dade County, including this unit. These actions help improve habitat that could support the Miami tiger beetle.
The entirety of Unit 1 overlaps with designated critical habitat for Carters small-flowered flax and Florida brickellbush. Additionally, approximately 8 ac 3 ha or 80 percent of Unit 1 is enrolled in the NFC program.
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Unit 2: Rockdale Pineland Unit 2 consists of approximately 39 ac 16 ha of State 38 ac 15 ha and county 1 ac <1 ha owned lands in Miami-Dade County. The unit is within the historical range of the Miami tiger beetle, although we are not aware of any records of historical occupancy of the unit. This unit includes remnant pine rockland habitat within the Northern Biscayne Pinelands of the Miami Rock Ridge. This unit includes all the physical or biological features essential to the conservation of the species identified for the Miami tiger beetle and is protected and actively managed to maintain healthy pine rockland habitat.
This unit is currently unoccupied by the Miami tiger beetle but is essential for the conservation of the species because it serves to protect habitat needed to recover the species, reestablish wild populations within the historical range of the species, and maintain populations throughout the historical distribution of the species in Miami-Dade County. It also provides habitat for recovery in the case of stochastic events, should the Miami tiger beetle be extirpated from one of its current locations. Given this unit contains essential habitat features all of the physical or biological features, is protected and actively managed, and has an appropriate spatial distribution falling within the range of the species, we are reasonably certain that the lands and habitat within this unit will contribute to the conservation of the Miami tiger beetle.
The Natural Areas Management Division of Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department conducts nonnative species control, prescribed fire, and mechanical vegetation treatments on lands owned by Miami-Dade County. The actions help improve habitat that could support the Miami tiger beetle.
All but 1 ac <1 ha of Unit 2 overlaps with designated critical habitat for Carters small-flowered flax and Florida brickell-bush. Additionally, approximately 28 ac 11 ha or 72
percent of Unit 2 are enrolled in the NFC program.
Unit 3: Deering Estate South Edition Unit 3 consists of approximately 16 ac 6 ha of State-owned land in MiamiDade County. The unit is within the historical range of the Miami tiger beetle, although we are not aware of any records of historical occupancy of the unit. This unit includes remaining pine rockland habitat within the Northern Biscayne Pinelands of the Miami Rock Ridge. This unit includes all the
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physical or biological features essential for the conservation of the species and is protected and actively managed to maintain healthy pine rockland habitat.
This unit is currently unoccupied by the Miami tiger beetle but is essential for the conservation of the species because it serves to protect habitat needed to recover the species, reestablish wild populations within the historical range of the species, and maintain populations throughout the historical distribution of the species in Miami-Dade County. It also provides habitat for recovery in the case of stochastic events, should the Miami tiger beetle be extirpated from one of its current locations. Given this unit contains essential habitat features all of the physical or biological features, is protected and actively managed, and has an appropriate spatial distribution falling within the range of the species, we are reasonably certain that the lands and habitat within this unit will contribute to the conservation of the Miami tiger beetle.
The Natural Areas Management Division of Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department conducts nonnative species control, prescribed fire, and mechanical vegetation treatments on lands owned or managed by Miami-Dade County, including this unit. The actions help improve habitat that could support the Miami tiger beetle.
All but 1 ac <1 ha of Unit 3 overlaps with designated critical habitat for Carters small-flowered flax and Florida brickell-bush. Additionally, approximately 15 ac 6 ha or 94 percent of Unit 3 is enrolled in the NFC
program.
Unit 4: Ned Glenn Nature Preserve Unit 4 consists of approximately 11 ac 5 ha of county-owned land in MiamiDade County. The unit is within the historical range of the Miami tiger beetle, although we are not aware of any records of historical occupancy of the unit. This unit includes remaining pine rockland habitat within the Northern Biscayne Pinelands of the Miami Rock Ridge. This unit includes all the physical or biological features essential to the conservation of the species and is protected and actively managed to maintain healthy pine rockland habitat.
This unit is currently unoccupied by the Miami tiger beetle but is essential for the conservation of the species because it serves to protect habitat needed to recover the species, reestablish wild populations within the historical range of the species, and maintain populations throughout the historical distribution of the species in
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