Forest Management Plan
Prepared For:
Bob Stobber
XXX NE XXXth Street
XXXXXXX, FL 369887
Plan Time Frame:
2006-2011
Introduction
Property Location:
The Bob Tract can be accessed by traveling north from Vero, Florida on State Road 77 for
17.5 miles to County Road 538. Turn left on CR 538. Head west on CR 538 for
approximately 9.5 miles to NE xxth Avenue. Head north on NE xxth Avenue for 2.5 miles.
The Bob Property lies to the northeast of the intersection of NE xxth Avenue and NE xxx
Street and is located entirely in Section 22 of Township 9 South, Range 23 East. Appendix
1 is a locator map for the Bob Tract.
Landowner Objectives:
This is an update to the original Forest Management Plan that was prepared for the Bob
Tract in 1997. The primary objective for the original plan was to restore native plant
communities for the purposes of enhancing aesthetic value and contributing to wildlife
habitat. Since the original plan was written, several achievements have been made toward
a restored community. Stands of young longleaf pine have been successfully established on
much of the property. Longleaf pine is a historically significant component of native
ecosystems that once dominated the coastal plan from southern Virginia to central Florida
and eastern Texas. It is widely believed that at the time of European settlement longleaf
pine covered 92 million acres. Longleaf pine is native to a wide variety of sites ranging
from wet, poorly drained flatwoods to sandhills (both common in this area ofFlorida) to
dry, rocky mountain ridges such as those found in northeastern Alabama.
