ELAPP

We manage more than 63,400 acres of environmentally sensitive wildlife habitat and corridors acquired through the ELAPP.

Management responsibilities include:

• Prescribed burning
• Invasive species control
• Wildlife inventory
• Trail maintenance
• Feral animal control
• Habitat improvements for endangered and threatened species of plants and animals

ELAPP is a voluntary program established for the purpose of providing the process and funding for identifying, acquiring, preserving, and protecting endangered, environmentally sensitive and significant lands in Hillsborough County.

It is a citizen-based program with volunteer committees involved in every key aspect of the program.

ELAPP is not a regulatory program, but lands are identified for the program because of their environmental significance.

ELAPP brochure

ELAPP timeline

• January 1987
  • The Board of County Commissioners approved an Environmentally-Sensitive Lands Ordinance, which provided $21 million over a four-year period to acquire environmentally-sensitive lands
• 1990
  • County voters approved the issuance of up to $100 million in bonds over a 20-year period to acquire additional lands
• November 2008
  • Voters approved the issuance of up to $200 million in bonds

Find Nature Preserves

ELAPP Nature Preserve Maps

Resources

• ELAPP committees
• ELAPP Annual Report
• ELAPP History Project Page

Contact

For more information on ELAPP or how to nominate a site call (813) 672-7876.