Emerald Coast Conservancy Inc.

The mission of the emerald coast conservancy ("ecc") is to provide 21st century solutions and sound scientific applications for conservation of critical natural resources in the face of a changing climate focusing on the state of florida with specific utilization of geographic information systems applications in land conservation, ecosystem services, carbon sequestration and conservation biology. The ecc is working in tandem with the florida wildlife commission ("fwc") to manage the sand gully long term recipient site ("ltrs"). Recipient sites are privately or publicly owned lands of 25 acres or more that are permitted to accept gopher tortoises needing relocation out of harm's way from development. The sandy gully ltrs is permitted to receive 364 gopher tortoises with approximately 40 spots being currently utilized. In addition to their primary ecosystem service role, the ecc conducts annual monitoring and maintenance on approximately 10,000 acres (~42 properties) of conserved land th