Management Plans

The Florida Division of Recreation & Parks is administratively divided into five districts: Northwest (District 1), Northeast (District 2), Central (District 3), Southwest (District 4) and Southeast (District 5).  To search by park name, hold down the "CTRL" Key and press the "F" Key and a search bar will "pop-up" on your screen.

 

The Office of Park Planning has developed an innovative approach to conservation land planning for Florida state parks – covering all units within a district through a consolidated process. Among multiple benefits, the districtwide approach to planning enhances efficiency of production and provides a new comparative perspective between units – maximizing considerations of both common and unique characteristics and needs. Approved by the Acquisition and Restoration Council in June of 2024, the Northeast District is the first of the consolidated districtwide management plans to be completed. The Office of Park Planning is currently developing the Southwest District plan, and public participation information and meeting details will be available soon.

 

The approach to districtwide management plans entails a hierarchy of documents, beginning with the Statewide Philosophy and Framework, which describes the mission, geographic scope, and core elements that apply to all Florida state parks. Districtwide plans are organized by geographic regions. Regional introductions identify respective units and their unique interpretive themes as well as commonalities. Under a regional section, each unit is embodied as a chapter, consisting of an introduction, resource management component, and land use component. Supporting details and data are provided in a set of district-level appendices.

 

Units that have not yet been subject to the consolidated districtwide management planning process are listed by district with the month and year of the most recent plan approved by the Acquisition & Restoration Council (ARC).

 

For questions about the unit management plan process or the public participation schedule, please call 850-245-3051.

 

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Northeast District 2 - Districtwide Unit Management Plan

June 2024 Districtwide Unit Management Plan ARC Approval

DISTRICTWIDE OVERVIEW

ATLANTIC COAST REGION

• Amelia Island State Park and George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park
• Big Talbot Island and Little Talbot Island State Park
• Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park
• Fort Clinch State Park
• Fort George Island Cultural State Park
• Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
• Yellow Bluff Fort Historic State Park

NORTH FLORIDA HIGHLANDS REGION

• Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park
• Dudley Farm Historic State Park
• Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
• Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park
• O’Leno State Park and River Rise Preserve State Park
• Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park
• Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
• Price’s Scrub State Park
• San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park

GULF COAST REGION

• Cedar Key Museum State Park
• Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve
• Crystal River Archaeological State Park
• Crystal River Preserve State Park
• Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
• Fort Cooper State Park
• Rainbow Springs State Park
• Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park
• Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins Historic State Park

SUWANNEE RIVER REGION

• Big Shoals State Park
• Fanning Springs State Park
• Forest Capital Museum State Park
• Ichetucknee Springs State Park
• Lafayette Blue Springs State Park
• Madison Blue Spring State Park
• Manatee Springs State Park
• Ruth B. Kirby Gilchrist Blue Springs
• Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
• Suwannee River State Park
• Troy Spring State Park
• Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park

TRAIL SYSTEM

• Gainesville-to-Hawthorne State Trail
• Nature Coast State Trail
• Palatka-to-Lake Butler State Trail
• Suwannee River Wilderness Trail
• Withlacoochee State Trail

DISTRICTWIDE APPENDICES

• Acquisition Histories
• Arthropod Control Plans
• Division of Historical Resources - Cultural Resource Management Procedures
• Gopher Tortoise Recipient Site Analysis
• Implementation Table - Capital Facilities and Interpretation
• Implementation Table - Resource Management
• Land Management Reviews
• Local Government Comprehensive Planning Compliance
• Public & Inter-Agency Participation
• References Cited
• Soils Type Descriptions
• Species Matrices
• Timber Assessments

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Central District 3 Unit Management Plans

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Southwest District 4 Unit Management Plan

BIG CYPRESS REGION

• Collier-Seminole State Park (February 2004)
• Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park (October 2009)
• Estero Bay Preserve State Park (December 2004)
• Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park (August 2014)
• Koreshan State Park (August 2003)
• Lovers Key State Park (December 2005)
• Mound Key Archaeological State Park (December 2003)

CHARLOTTE HARBOR REGION

• Cayo Costa State Park (December 2005)
• Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park (June 2007)
• Don Pedro Island State Park (August 2013)
• Gasparilla Island State Park (July 2014)
• Stump Pass Beach State Park (August 2013)

SOUTH FLORIDA HIGHLANDS REGION

• Highlands Hammock State Park (June 2018)
• Lake June-In-Winter Scrub Preserve State Park (December 2016)
• Paynes Creek Historic State Park (December 2016)

SUNCOAST REGION

• Anclote Key Preserve State Park (April 2014)
• Caladesi Island State Park (February 2022)
• Cockroach Bay Preserve State Park (July 2015)
• Egmont Key State Park
• Honeymoon Island State Park (February 2022)
• Judah P Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (April 2015)
• Madira Bickel Mound State Archaeological Site (April 2015)
• Oscar Scherer State Park (April 2011)
• Skyway Fishing Pier State Park (September 2002)
• Terra Ceia Preserve State Park (June 2012)
• Weeki Wachee Springs State Park (April 2022)
• Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park (February 2013)
• Ybor City Museum State Park (February 2016)

WEST-CENTRAL RIVERS REGION

• Alafia River State Park (August 2019)
  • Unit Management Plan Main Component
  • Unit Management Plan Addendum
• Dade Battlefield Historic State Park (October 2017)
• Hillsborough River State Park (June 2020)
• Lake Manatee State Park (August 2018)
• Little Manatee River State Park (December 2016)
• Myakka River State Park (June 2019)
  • Unit Management Plan Main Component
  • Unit Management Plan Addendum
• South Fork State Park (December 2008)
• Wingate Creek State Park (December 2008)

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Southeast District 5 Unit Management Plans