PINE ROCKLAND DONATION FOR EEL

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · resolution

The Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution R-659-26 (File Number 260755) approving the acceptance of a $925,000.00 donation from the Center for Biological Diversity, Miami Pine Rocklands Coalition, South Florida Wildlands Association, and Tropical Audubon Society to the Miami-Dade County Environmentally Endangered Lands Management Trust Fund for the management and acquisition of pine rocklands. The donation is expressly earmarked for the acquisition or management of undeveloped pine rocklands in Miami-Dade County. The EEL Program manages over 1,636 acres of pine rocklands and has over 415 acres of pine rockland habitat on its Acquisition List. The EEL Program has acquired approximately 24,217 acres of land in Miami-Dade County since its inception through November 30, 2025. The EEL Program manages over 29,000 acres of natural area preserves. The donation was introduced on 4/22/2026, forwarded to the Board with a favorable recommendation by the Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee on 6/9/2026, and adopted on 7/21/2026. No County match is required. The funds may be transferred between the EEL Management Trust Fund and the EEL Acquisition Trust Fund by the Board. The EEL Program Manager Janet Gil will monitor activities. The resolution was sponsored by Raquel A. Regalado. The request was made by the Department of Environmental Resources Management. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.