alachua county forever cattle grazing business plan january 24, 2012
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Alachua County Forever
Cattle Grazing
Business PlanJanuary 24, 2012
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• Articulate principles that guide grazing and leasing cattle grazing range
• Develop criteria to evaluate which lands would benefit from grazing
• Describe principles to be followed in contracting out grazing rights
• Recommend sound business practices that will guide cattle grazing on these lands
Purpose of the Plan
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Part of a Stewardship Strategy“To acquire, protect and manage environmentally significant lands, to protect water quality and wildlife habitat, and provide areas for low-impact, resource-based recreation.”
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Non-native Invasive Control
Planting Natives
Forestry
Prescribed Fire
Solid Waste Removal
Map Making
Coordinating Volunteers
Grant Writing
Infrastructure Development
Timber Harvesting
Hunting Agreements
Part of a Stewardship Strategy
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Basic Ingredients Required:People MaterialsPartnerships
Part of a Stewardship Strategy
Results (since FY08)$380,049 offset
$610,648 partner
$990,697 total
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People
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• Maintain the current ecological quality and conservation values
• Cost reduction
• Generate revenue or offset resource management costs
• Reducing wildfire risk
• Provide site security
• Preserve the County's rural heritage
Benefits of Grazing
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Metzger Preserve
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Estimated OffsetsSize: 635 acres Pasture: 585 acres
Improvements$2,500 Informational Kiosk (County/Bond)$150 Regulatory Signs (County/Bond)$2,650 Total
Average Annual Management Costs$875* Exotic Plant Control (County/GF)$7,140* Security (County/GF)$34,200*Pasture Maintenance (County/GF)$500* Fence, Gate, Boundary Maintenance (County/GF)$4,325* Road/Fire Break Maintenance (County/GF)$300* Trail Maintenance (County/GF)$933 Monitoring (County/GF)$7,125 Prescribed Fire (County/GF)$55,398* Total
*cost may be offset with a cattle grazing lease ($47,340/yr)
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The Board of County Commissioners recognizes that:
1. …well-managed nature preserves contribute to the community’s quality of life by protecting water resources, protecting and enhancing wildlife habitats, and providing natural areas suitable for resource-based recreation.
2. … grazing appropriate areas of a preserve can be a valuable stewardship tool and directs that cattle grazing on these Alachua County Forever preserves shall be allowed when the following conditions can be met:
• only on improved or semi-improved (rough) pasture• only where grazing has recently occurred • only on an interim basis until habitat restoration activities can occur• only as a prescribed management tool consistent with the goals of the adopted preserve
management plan• only where the preserve’s conservation values will not be degraded
Policy Directives
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The Board of County Commissioners recognizes that:
3. … conversion of natural areas to grazing range is not consistent with Alachua County Forever and Wild Spaces & Public Places referenda.
4. … grazing rights are a commodity, with economic value subject to market forces, and directs that they should be leased at market value. The Board also recognizes that offsetting County property management expenses can be a valuable substitute for cash proceeds.
5. … it is beneficial for the County to re-invest any grazing revenues in the stewardship of the Alachua County Forever portfolio of preserves and directs that these funds supplement existing stewardship funding.
Policy Directives