Florida Forever BOT Projects - August 2026

Type  File Geodatabase Feature Class

Tags  Florida Forever, Florida

Summary

To provide a statewide GIS data layer for all Florida Forever Board of Trustees projects on the current list approved by the Acquisition and Restoration Council (ARC).

Description

FLORIDA FOREVER BOT PROJECTS (layer name FFBOT): This is a polygon data layer for Florida Forever Board of Trustees (BOT) projects (formerly known as CARL projects). This data layer is site-based and contains boundaries of all Florida Forever BOT projects approved by the State's Acquisition and Restoration Council as of August 14, 2026. These lands have been proposed for acquisition because of outstanding natural resources, opportunity for natural resource-based recreation, or historical and archaeological resources. However, these areas may not be currently managed for their resource value. Portions of these projects may have already been acquired by the State and/or its acquisition partners.

Credits

Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Use limitations

Use of this data should be accompanied by proper citation of FNAI. Available for free download at: https://www.fnai.org/publications/gis-data.

Extent

West  -87.558093     East -79.930833
North  31.038131     South 24.540317

Scale Range

Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

Topics and Keywords  ▼►

Content type ⇔ Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Theme keywords Florida Forever

Place keywords Florida

Citation  ▼►

Title Florida Forever BOT Projects - August 2026
Creation date 2026-08-14 00:00:00
Publication date 2026-08-20 00:00:00

Edition August 2026
Edition date 2026-08-14

Presentation formats digital map

Citation Contacts  ▼►

Responsible party - originator 
Organization's name Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI)

Responsible party - point of contact 
Individual's name Nathan Pasco
Organization's name Florida Natural Areas Inventory
Contact's position Conservation Data Analyst

Contact information ▼►
Phone 
Voice 850-224-8207 x216
Address 
Type both
Delivery point 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
City Tallahassee
Administrative area Florida
Postal code 32303
Country US
e-mail address npasco@fnai.fsu.edu

Resource Details  ▼►

Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Status completed
Spatial representation type vector

Processing environment Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.7

Credits 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

ArcGIS item properties 
Name ⇔ ffbot
Location ⇔ file://\\FSU.EDU\CTSMgd\FNAI\Current\GIS\FNAI_current\FNAI_CURRENT.gdb
Access protocol ⇔ Local Area Network

Extents  ▼►

Extent 
Description 
The dates of each Acquisition and Restoration Council meeting

Temporal extent 
Beginning date 2001-07-01 00:00:00
Ending date 2026-08-14 00:00:00

Extent 
Geographic extent 
Bounding rectangle 
Extent type 
Extent used for searching
West longitude ⇔ -87.558093
East longitude ⇔ -79.930833
North latitude ⇔ 31.038131
South latitude ⇔ 24.540317
Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system 
westBL ⇔ 60400.722800
eastBL ⇔ 788411.592500
southBL ⇔ 65905.698400
northBL ⇔ 781082.509600
exTypeCode ⇔ Yes

Resource Points of Contact  ▼►

Point of contact - point of contact 
Individual's name Nathan Pasco
Organization's name Florida Natural Areas Inventory
Contact's position Conservation Data Analyst

Contact information ▼►
Phone 
Voice 850-224-8207 x216
Address 
Type both
Delivery point 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
City Tallahassee
Administrative area Florida
Postal code 32303
Country US
e-mail address npasco@fnai.fsu.edu

Resource Maintenance  ▼►

Resource maintenance 
Date of next update 2026-10-09 00:00:00
Update frequency as needed
Time period between updates 
Time duration Following each Acquisition and Restoration Council Meeting

Resource Constraints  ▼►

Constraints 
Limitations of use 
Use of this data should be accompanied by proper citation of FNAI. Available for free download at: https://www.fnai.org/publications/gis-data.

Spatial Reference  ▼►

ArcGIS coordinate system 
Type ⇔ Projected
Geographic coordinate reference ⇔ GCS_NAD_1983_2011
Projection ⇔ NAD_1983_2011_Florida_GDL_Albers
Coordinate reference details ⇔ 
ProjectedCoordinateSystem 
WKID 102967
XOrigin -19550100
YOrigin -7526400
XYScale 10000
ZOrigin -100000
ZScale 10000
MOrigin -100000
MScale 10000
XYTolerance 0.001
ZTolerance 0.001
MTolerance 0.001
HighPrecision true
LatestWKID 6439
WKT PROJCRS["NAD_1983_2011_Florida_GDL_Albers",BASEGEOGCRS["GCS_NAD_1983_2011",DATUM["D_NAD_1983_2011",ELLIPSOID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101],ANCHOREPOCH[2010.0]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],CS[ellipsoidal,2],AXIS["Latitude (lat)",north,ORDER[1]],AXIS["Longitude (lon)",east,ORDER[2]],ANGLEUNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],CONVERSION["Albers",METHOD["Albers"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",400000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-84.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",24.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_2",31.5],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",24.0]],CS[Cartesian,2],AXIS["Easting (X)",east,ORDER[1]],AXIS["Northing (Y)",north,ORDER[2]],LENGTHUNIT["Meter",1.0],ID["EPSG","6439"]]

Reference system identifier 
Value 0
Codespace ⇔ EPSG
Version ⇔ 8.2.10(10.3.1)


Spatial Data Properties  ▼►

Vector ▼►
Level of topology for this dataset ⇔ geometry only

Geometric objects 
Feature class name ffbot
Object type ⇔ composite
Object count ⇔ 0
ArcGIS Feature Class Properties ▼►
Feature class name ffbot
Feature type ⇔ Simple
Geometry type ⇔ Polygon
Has topology ⇔ FALSE
Feature count ⇔ 0
Spatial index ⇔ FALSE
Linear referencing ⇔ FALSE

Data Quality  ▼►

Scope of quality information ▼►
Resource level dataset

Lineage  ▼►

Process step ▼►
When the process occurred 2026-08-20 00:00:00
Description 
This GIS data layer was generated by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) using ArcGIS Pro v 3.7. Boundary information for Florida Forever BOT projects was provided by the Florida Forever Program, Office of Environmental Services, Division of State Lands, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Boundary information was originally in either digital format or on paper source maps with varying scales. Digital boundary files were received from various sources and integrated into FFBOT by FNAI staff. In the case of paper source maps, FNAI staff digitized these boundaries (on screen or with digitizer) using 1:24000 7.5' USGS quadrangles as base maps. The following digitizers were used by the FNAI GIS: CalComp DBII, accuracy of +/- .01 inch CalComp DBIII, accuracy of +/- .005 inch CalComp 9500 Series, accuracy of +/- .005 inch When digital boundaries from one source overlapped with digital boundaries from another source, the boundaries were adjusted by FNAI staff to eliminate the overlapping areas. Adjustments were made based on the best known information about the source of the boundaries. All overlaps greater than 0.002 meters were removed using this process.

Geoprocessing history  ▼►

Process 
Process name Export Features (2)
Date 2026-08-20 16:20:59
Tool location c:\program files\arcgis\pro\Resources\ArcToolbox\toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\ExportFeatures
Command issued
ExportFeatures K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608 K:\GIS\FNAI_current\FNAI_CURRENT.gdb\ffbot # NOT_USE_ALIAS "SITE_ID "SITE_ID" true true false 4 Long 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,SITE_ID,-1,-1;SITENAME "SITENAME" true true false 300 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,SITENAME,0,299;SHORT_NAME "SHORT_NAME" true true false 300 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,SHORT_NAME,0,299;SHORT_SITE "SHORT_SITE" true true false 300 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,SHORT_SITE,0,299;PROJECT_CD "PROJECT_CD" true true false 4 Long 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,PROJECT_CD,-1,-1;PROJECT_NAME "PROJECT_NAME" true true false 300 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,PROJECT_NAME,0,299;FF_CAT "FF_CAT" true true false 50 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,FF_CAT,0,49;FF_RANK "FF_RANK" true true false 4 Long 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,FF_RANK,-1,-1;COUNTY "COUNTY" true true false 1000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,COUNTY,0,999;PRISEC_ACRES "PRISEC_ACRES" true true false 8 Double 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,PRISEC_ACRES,-1,-1;GIS_ACRES "GIS_ACRES" true true false 8 Double 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,GIS_ACRES,-1,-1;SITEDESC "SITEDESC" true true false 8000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,SITEDESC,0,7999;BOUNDJUST "BOUNDJUST" true true false 8000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,BOUNDJUST,0,7999;PROTCOM "PROTCOM" true true false 8000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,PROTCOM,0,7999;MACOM "MACOM" true true false 8000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,MACOM,0,7999;SITE_RELATIONS "SITE_RELATIONS" true true false 8000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,SITE_RELATIONS,0,7999;SITECOM "SITECOM" true true false 8000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,SITECOM,0,7999;FDEP_URL "FDEP_URL" true true false 8000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,FDEP_URL,0,7999;CITATION "Citation" true true false 300 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,CITATION,0,299;DIG_COM "DIG_COM" true true false 4000 Text 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,DIG_COM,0,3999;Shape_Length "Shape_Length" false true true 8 Double 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,Shape_Length,-1,-1;Shape_Area "Shape_Area" false true true 8 Double 0 0,First,#,K:\ConLands_Ops\Development\FFBOT_shapefiles\FFBOT.gdb\ffbot_202608,Shape_Area,-1,-1" #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No

Distribution  ▼►

Distribution format 
Version 10.7
Name ⇔ File Geodatabase Feature Class

Transfer options 
Transfer size 6.727

Online source 
Online location (URL) https://www.fnai.org/publications/gis-data

Fields  ▼►

Details for object ffbot ▼►
Type ⇔ Feature Class
Row count ⇔ 0
Definition 
Feature Class

Definition source 
ESRI

Field OBJECTID ▼►
Alias ⇔ OBJECTID
Data type ⇔ OID
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Internal feature number.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape
Data type ⇔ Geometry
Width ⇔ 0
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Feature geometry.

Description source 
ESRI

Description of values 
Coordinates defining the features.

Field SITE_ID ▼►
Alias ⇔ SITE_ID
Data type ⇔ Integer
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Unique numeric identifier for each site, designed by NatureServe for use with the BIOTICS data management system.

Description source 
NatureServe

Field SITENAME ▼►
Alias ⇔ SITENAME
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 300
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Site name.  The name of the Florida Forever BOT project, or portion of the project, represented by the site.  For Florida Forever BOT projects that are composed of multiple sites (e.g., Dade County Archipelago Florida Forever BOT Project), the SITENAME for each site begins with the name of the project, and this is followed by the name of the particular site within the project (e.g., Dade County Archipelago Florida Forever BOT Project - Whispering Pines).

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field PROJECT_NAME ▼►
Alias ⇔ PROJECT_NAME
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 300
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Project name. The name of the Florida Forever BOT project.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field SHORT_NAME ▼►
Alias ⇔ SHORT_NAME
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 300
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Abbreviated name of the Florida Forever BOT project.  Since all sites belonging to a project have the same SHORT_NAME, a query conducted on this attribute will select the entire Florida Forever BOT project.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field PROJECT_CD ▼►
Alias ⇔ PROJECT_CD
Data type ⇔ Integer
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Project code. Unique identifier for each Florida Forever BOT project. All sites within a project have the same Project code.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field FF_CAT ▼►
Alias ⇔ FF_CAT
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 50
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Category of project as designated by the Acquisition and Restoration Council.

Description source 
Acquisition and Restoration Council

Field FF_RANK ▼►
Alias ⇔ FF_RANK
Data type ⇔ Integer
Width ⇔ 4
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Rank of project within category as designated by the Acquisition and Restoration Council.

Description source 
Acquisition and Restoration Council

Field SHORT_SITE ▼►
Alias ⇔ SHORT_SITE
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 300
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Abbreviated name of site within the Florida Forever BOT project.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field COUNTY ▼►
Alias ⇔ COUNTY
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 1000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
County name(s).  Names of the county or counties where the Florida Forever BOT project is located.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field PRISEC_ACRES ▼►
Alias ⇔ PRISEC_ACRES
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Area of the Florida Forever BOT project site, in acres.  This figure was obtained from the FL DEP Office of Environmental Services and is based on deed acres from plat maps or tax roll records, unless otherwise noted in SITECOM.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field GIS_ACRES ▼►
Alias ⇔ GIS_ACRES
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Area of the Florida Forever BOT project site, in acres, calculated from GIS boundaries.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field BOUNDJUST ▼►
Alias ⇔ BOUNDJUST
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 8000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Purpose for Acquisition from the Florida Forever Plan.

Description source 
Florida Forever Program

Field PROTCOM ▼►
Alias ⇔ PROTCOM
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 8000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Protection comments.  Number of acres within the Florida Forever BOT project that have been protected (i.e., purchased by the State of Florida or one of its acquisition partners), and the State's acquisition partners, if any.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field MACOM ▼►
Alias ⇔ MACOM
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 8000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Managed Area comments.  Relationship of Florida Forever BOT project to managed area(s), also called conservation land(s).  If a portion of the project site has been purchased and is currently being managed, MACOM gives the name of the Managed Area and the name of the managing agency.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field SITE_RELATIONS ▼►
Alias ⇔ SITE_RELATIONS
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 8000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Site relations.  Gives relationship of this Florida Forever BOT project site to other sites, including current Florida Forever BOT projects and former CARL projects, and the earliest date at which this relationship existed.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field SITEDESC ▼►
Alias ⇔ SITEDESC
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 8000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Site description.  Ecological description of the site.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field SITECOM ▼►
Alias ⇔ SITECOM
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 8000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Site comments.  Miscellaneous information about Florida Forever BOT project, including dates of additions/deletions to project boundary, and relationship of project to its component sites or to certain rare species occurrences.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field DIG_COM ▼►
Alias ⇔ DIG_COM
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 4000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Source of the digital boundaries and date.  Indicates whether GIS boundaries were provided by an outside agency/organization or were transcribed and digitized by FNAI staff as described earlier.  Includes date (month/year) digital boundary file was received by FNAI and/or revisions were made by FNAI staff.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field CITATION ▼►
Alias ⇔ Citation
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 300
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Citation for this feature class.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field FDEP_URL ▼►
Alias ⇔ FDEP_URL
Data type ⇔ String
Width ⇔ 8000
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description 
Web address for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Florida Forever Five Year Plan project summary.

Description source 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory

Field Shape_Length ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape_Length
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Length of feature in internal units.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Shape_Area ▼►
Alias ⇔ Shape_Area
Data type ⇔ Double
Width ⇔ 8
Precision ⇔ 0
Scale ⇔ 0

Field description ⇔ 
Area of feature in internal units squared.

Description source ⇔ 
Esri

Description of values ⇔ 
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Overview Description 
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation 
ZZ and -9999 are used to indicate empty fields or that data are not yet available.

Metadata Details  ▼►

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name ⇔ dataset

Last update ⇔ 2026-08-20 

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC

Created in ArcGIS for the item 2026-04-30 15:41:12
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2026-08-20 16:20:54

Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2026-08-20 16:20:54

Metadata Contacts  ▼►

Metadata contact - point of contact 
Individual's name Nathan Pasco
Organization's name Florida Natural Areas Inventory
Contact's position Conservation Data Analyst

Contact information ▼►
Phone 
Voice 850-224-8207 x216
Address 
Type both
Delivery point 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
City Tallahassee
Administrative area Florida
Postal code 32303
Country US
e-mail address npasco@fnai.fsu.edu

Metadata Maintenance  ▼►

Maintenance 
Date of next update 2026-10-10 00:00:00
Update frequency as needed

Other maintenance requirements 
Last metadata review date: 20260820