Type Shapefile
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).
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 February 9, 2024. 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.
Florida Natural Areas Inventory
Use of this data should be accompanied by proper citation of FNAI. Available for free download at: https://www.fnai.org/publications/gis-data.
| West | -87.558093 | East | -79.930833 |
| North | 31.038131 | South | 24.540317 |
| Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
| Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:150,000,000 |
Florida Natural Areas Inventory
The dates of each Acquisition and Restoration Council meeting
Use of this data should be accompanied by proper citation of FNAI. Available for free download at: https://www.fnai.org/publications/gis-data.
This GIS data layer was generated by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) using ArcGIS Pro v 3.1. 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.
Internal feature number.
Esri
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
Unique numeric identifier for each site, designed by NatureServe for use with the BIOTICS data management system.
NatureServe
SITENAME = 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).
FNAI
SHORT_NAME = 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.
FNAI
PROJECT_CD = Project code. Unique identifier for each Florida Forever BOT project. All sites within a project have the same Project code.
FNAI
FF_CAT = Category of project as designated by the Acquisition and Restoration Council.
Acquisition and Restoration Council
FF_RANK = Rank of project within category as designated by the Acquisition and Restoration Council.
Acquisition and Restoration Council
SHORT_SITE = Abbreviated name of site within the Florida Forever BOT project.
FNAI
COUNTY = County code(s). Abbreviation for the county or counties where the Florida Forever BOT project is located. The first four letters of the county name (exception: DADE = Miami-Dade County).
FNAI
PRISEC_ACR = PRISEC_ACR = 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.
FNAI
GIS_ACRES = Area of the Florida Forever BOT project site, in acres, calculated from GIS boundaries.
FNAI
BOUNDJUST = Boundary justification. The name and date of the Florida Forever BOT project or portion of the project (i.e., site within the project) represented by the GIS boundaries.
FNAI
PROTCOM = 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.
FNAI
MACOM1 = Managed Area comments, part 1. 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.
FNAI
MACOM2 = Managed Area comments, continued from MACOM1.
FNAI
SITE_RELAT = 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. Indicates whether the project site represented by the GIS boundaries is greater than (>), less than (<), equal to (=) , or partially overlaps (Overlaps) the other site(s). For example, Whispering Pines is a site within the Dade County Archipelago Florida Forever BOT Project, and it was added to the project in 1996. This relationship is described in SITE_RELAT as "Site < CARL Project: Dade County Archipelago [1996]".
FNAI
SITEDESC1 = Site description. Ecological description of the site.
FNAI
SITEDESC2 = Site description, continued from SITE_DESC1.
FNAI
SITECOM1 = 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.
FNAI
SITECOM2 = Site comments, continued from SITECOM1.
FNAI
DIG_COM = 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.
FNAI
FDEP_URL = Web address for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Florida Forever Five Year Plan project summary.
FNAI
ZZ is used to indicate empty fields or that data are not yet available.
Last metadata review date: 20240325