RALPH COSTA ( RCWO LLC & Milliken Forestry Co. ) JOEL CASTO ( Casto Environmental Services LLC & Milliken Forestry Co. ) WILL McDEARMAN ( U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service )
RCW Recovery Defined Criterion # ( Name ) # Pops. # PBGs # Pops. Available 1 (Primary Core) 10 350 12 1 (Primary Core) 1 1000 1 2 (Secondary Core) 9 250 10 3 (Essential Support) 6 40 ea . (250 in SCFRU) 10 4 (Essential Support) 3 100 ea. * 3 *The 3 populations are: • Northeast North Carolina & Southeast Virginia • Cumberlands/Ridge & Valley (Alabama) • Sandhills West (North Carolina)
RCW Range-wide Recovery Year of Data RCW Territory Source Costa & Walker (1995) 1993/1994 4,694 Costa (2004) 2001 5,627 Costa & Jordan (2003) 2003 5,800 USFWS (unpubl. data 2005; Costa) 2005 5,903 USFWS (unpubl. data 2006; Costa) 2006 6,254 USFWS (unpubl. data 2011; McDearman) 2011 7,000 USFWS (unpubl. data 2012; McDearman) 2012 7,100 USFWS (unpubl. data 2013; McDearman) 2013 7,250 USFWS (unpubl. data 2016; McDearman) 2016 7,730
SoCo Recipients’ Trends Ownership # Properties States 2004 2016 Federal 8 AL, FL, MS 83 379 State 11 FL, GA 133 388 Private 3 FL, GA 3 56 TOTAL 22 4 states 219 823
SoCo Impact: Partners • U.S. Forest Service (5) (AL, FL, MS) Federal: • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (2) (FL) 8 partners • U.S. Air Force (1) (FL) (AL, FL, MS) • FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Comm. (4) (FL) • Florida Forest Service (3) (FL) State: • Florida Department of Military Affairs (1) (FL) 11 partners • St. John’s Water Management District (1) (FL) (FL, GA) • South Florida Water Management District (1) (FL) • Georgia Department of Natural Resources (1) (GA) • Disney’s Wilderness Preserve & Park (1) (FL) Private: • Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center (1) 3 partners (GA) (FL, GA) • St. Joe Land & Timber Company (1) (FL)
Recipient Population Accom lishments METRIC RESULT • RCWs translocated 349 since 2004: X = 27 per year • Total increase for 22 219 to 823 territories populations • 5-year average annual 7.6% vs. 5% in Recovery Plan geometric growth rate for 22 populations 10 of 14 recovery p opulations • Estimated Recovery Plan exceed 2016 Goals: averaging population goal for 2016 11.1 years “Ahead of Schedule” • “Off - line” populations 11 of 20 (55%) were Power of Flight recipients
SoCo Impact: SRTC Southern Range Translocation PoF Cooperative (SRTC) TOTAL Contribution 1452 349 (25%) RCWs translocated (2004-2016) 262 192 RCW territories (1998) 1158 845 RCW territories (2016) N=33 N=22* (67%) Recipient populations 20 11 (55%) “Off - line” populations (2016) * 18 (82%) PoF recipients designated recovery populations
SoCo IMPACT: RECOVERY 13 of 20 populations required for down-listing are at their goal…criteria could be achieved in 10 -15 years # Pops. SoCo Criterion # # Pops. # PBGs Available Contribution (Name) 1 ( 2 ) 10 350 12 ( Primary Core ) (4 recovered) ( 1 ) 1 1 1000 1 ( Primary Core ) (not recovered) 2 ( 4 ) Ongoing SoCo 9 250 10 ( Secondary Core ) (0 recovered) contributions to recovery: 3 @ recovery 3 3 Primary Core 6* 40 ea. 10 ( Essential Support ) ( 4 offline) * 4 Secondary Core (0 ) 4 3 100 ea. 3 4 Essential Support ( Essential Support ) (1 recovered) 4 Significant Support * SoCo has contributed to 70% of the SCRFU’s 10 Essential Support populations that are now recovered or “offline”
Foundation of the Project’s Success Joel Casto, Wildlife Biologist 349 RCWs and Counting!
SoCo IMPACT: Flying Toward Recovery
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