Office of Environmental Management

FDOT Programmatic Approaches
MINOR TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES
- FDOT Programmatic Approach for Minor Transportation Activities - May 2024
- Concurrence letter from US Fish and Wildlife Service - September 2021 and May 2024
- Support letter from Florida Department of Environmental Protection - April 2021
- Support letter from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - April 2021
- Programmatic Approach for Transportation Activities and SWEPT Tool Training (Webinar Recording)) - June 2022
- Freshwater Mussel Programmatic Approach - January 2024
- Panama City Crayfish Programmatic Approach - June 2022
- FDOT and USFWS Partnership for recovery of the Panama City Crayfish - May 2023
FDOT CONSERVATION PLAN FOR THE FLORIDA PANTHER
- Conservation Plan - May 2024
- USFWS Letter of Support
FDOT MONARCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION AGREEMENT
- Nationwide Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for Monarch Butterfly - March 2020
- Final Executed Certificate of Inclusion in the Nationwide CCAA-October 2024
- The Rights-of-Way as Habitat Working Group at the University of Illinois-Chicago Homepage
GOPHER TORTOISE RELOCATION AGREEMENTS
CONTACT
Katasha Cornwell
State Environmental Process Administrator
Katasha.Cornwell@dot.state.fl.us
CONSULTATION GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
- NMFS ESA Emergency Consultation Submission Process
- Natural Resources Evaluation Guidance - August 2022
- ESA Lead Agency Consultation Correspondence - April 2019
- FDOT Use of Programmatic Effect Determination Keys - December 2019
- NMFS ESA and EFH Consultation Request Submission Process - April 2024
- NMFS ESA and EFH Consultation Request Submission Process Flowchart - April 2024
WILDLIFE GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
Construction Guidance for Species Interactions
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PLANT GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS
ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS | ON-DEMAND TRAINING
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DATA TOOLS
- Turtle Lighting - GIS and Google Earth layers for marine turtle lighting buffer areas created by the FWC's Imperiled Species Management Section, these data layers are intended for planning purposes only and include the minimum recommended area where wildlife-sensitive lighting should be considered. Buffers include roadways along sandy beaches identified as sea turtle nesting habitat in accordance with Florida Administrative Code Rule. (Zip File)
- Caracara Data Layer - Google Earth layer showing the generalized locations of non-breeding communal roosts and gathering places for caracara (Caracara cheriway) as documented by the USFWS. The data is intended to be used with FDOT’s Programmatic Approach for Minor Transportation Projects to indicate areas that have had known occurrences of communal roosts or gathering areas. (Zip File)