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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Saunders) recommended the following amendment to amendment

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(088992):

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     Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)

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     Delete line(s) 960

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and insert:

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     (c) Land Management Uniform Cost-Accounting Council shall

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prepare and deliver a report on the methodology and formula for

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allocating land management funds to the Acquisition and

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Restoration Council. The Acquisition and Restoration Council

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shall review, modify as appropriate, and submit the report to the

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Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. The

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Board of Trustees shall review, modify as appropriate and submit

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the report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the

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House of Representatives no later than December 31, 2008, that

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provides an interim management formula and a long-term management

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formula, and the methodologies used to develop the formulas,

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which shall be used to allocate land management

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In requesting funds provided for in paragraph (b) for interim and

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long-term management of all acquisitions lands managed pursuant

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to this chapter and for associated contractual services. The

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methodology and formula for interim management shall be based on

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the estimated land acquisitions for the fiscal year in which the

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interim funds will be expended. The methodology and formula for

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long-term management shall recognize, but not be limited to, the

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following: the managing agencies shall recognize the following

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categories of land management needs:

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     1. The assignment of management intensity associated with

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managed habitats and natural communities and the related

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management activities to achieve land management goals provided

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in ss. 253.054(5) and 259.032(10).

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     a. The acres of land that require minimal effort for

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resource preservation or restoration.

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     b. The acres of land that require moderate effort for

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resource preservation or restoration.

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     c. The acres of land that require significant effort for

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resource preservation or restoration.

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     2. The assignment of management intensity associated with

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public access, including but not limited to:

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     a. The acres of land that are open to the public but offer

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no more than minimally developed facilities;

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     b. The acres of land that have a high degree of public use

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and offer highly developed facilities;

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     c. The acres of land that are sites with historic

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significance or unique natural features, or a very high degree of

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public use.

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     3. The acres of land with a secondary manager contributing

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to the over-all management effort.

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     4. The anticipated revenues generated from management of

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the lands.

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     5. The impacts of, and needs created or addressed by,

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multiple-use management strategies.

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     6. The acres of land with infestations of non-native or

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invasive plants, animals, or fish.

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     1. Lands which are low need tracts, requiring basic

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resource management and protection, such as state reserves, state

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preserves, state forests, and wildlife management areas. These

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lands generally are open to the public but have no more than

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minimum facilities development.

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     2. Lands which are moderate need tracts, requiring more

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than basic resource management and protection, such as state

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parks and state recreation areas. These lands generally have

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extra restoration or protection needs, higher concentrations of

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public use, or more highly developed facilities.

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     3. Lands which are high need tracts, with identified needs

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requiring unique site specific resource management and

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protection. These lands generally are sites with historic

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significance, unique natural features, or very high intensity

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public use, or sites that require extra funds to stabilize or

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protect resources, such as lands with heavy infestations of

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nonnative, invasive plants.

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In evaluating the management funding needs of lands based on the

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above categories, the lead land managing agencies shall include

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in their considerations the impacts of, and needs created or

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addressed by, multiple-use management strategies. The funding

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formulas for interim and long-term management proposed by the

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agencies shall be reviewed by the legislature during the 2009

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regular legislative session. The legislature may reject, modify,

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or take no action relative to the proposed funding formulas. If

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no action is taken, the funding formulas shall be used in the

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allocation and distribution of funds provided in paragraph (b).

4/2/2008  6:20:00 PM     EP.37.06482