Assessment of Miami-Dade county Environmentally Endangered Lands Located Within or Adjacent to Miami-Dade County Parks

Public interactions with urban forests can be a contentious issue and, in many cases, the protection of resources takes a backseat to stakeholders’ desire to use areas in ways that diminish the capability to manage resources and causes unintended consequences or direct impacts to sensitive resources. The assessment of impacts to sensitive forested areas located in parks was part of a Miami-Dade County legislative directive to provide enhanced guidelines for the protection of natural habitats. The assessment detailed historical and current issues at 18 environmental preserves located in or adjacent to the County’s park system and an implementation strategy for the County Mayor’s recommended “do no harm” framework that sensitive habitat comes first.

In a nutshell, this resource offers:

• Background on why a report was written on this topic. 
• An explanation of the process of writing the report.
• Key results and recommendation included in the report. 

How to use this resource:

• How to write a report about protecting sensitive ecological resources. 
• As a list of uses incompatible with environmentally endangered lands. 

Author: James G. Duncan, Miami-Dade County

Date published: 2024

Point of contact: James G. Duncan james.duncan@miamidade.gov

Citation: Duncan, James G. (2024) "Assessment of Miami-Dade County Environmentally Endangered Lands Located Within or Adjacent to Miami-Dade County Parks," Cities and the Environment (CATE): Vol. 13: Iss. 1, Article 42. DOI: 10.15365/cate.2020.130142

Resource is available online here.