Resources
“We assimilate lots of knowledge. Whether or not we do anything with that knowledge is a measure of our wisdom.”
— Hyrum W. Smith
Our Landscape
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Nassau County & Fernandina Beach Maps
Interactive map viewers for tax information, conservation lands, tracking development, elevations, tree coverage, historic sites, and more.
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Ecoregions
Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources.
US Fish and Wildlife Service Community Profiles:
Ecology of Maritime Forests
Ecology of Bottomland Hardwood Forests -
Watersheds crossing Nassau County
Watersheds delimit regional hydrologic influences.
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Modeled Potential Wetlands
GIS analysis is used to model the location and extent of potential wetlands continuously across Nassau County.
IMPORTANT! Please read the Potential Wetlands Mapping Report for appropriate use of this product.
Resilience
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RESILIENT First Coast
Resilient First Coast (RFC) is the regional partnership to improve resilience for Northeast Florida, which includes Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, and St. Johns counties.
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Nature-based Community Resilience
Nature-Based Solutions add natural features or processes to the built environment to help reduce damage from natural disasters and increase a community’s ability to bounce back. They have co-benefits such as improving air and water quality and they can save communities money.
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RESILIENT Jacksonville
City resilience is the ability of city systems to adapt and thrive in the face of acute shocks (sudden, extreme events that threaten a community) and chronic stressors (long-term pressures that weaken the fabric of a community over time). Resilient Jacksonville is a proactive place-based planning study to prepare for future climate threats and address existing social and economic challenges.
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Rates of Climate Change
Temperature and precipitation trends are changing species ranges with future projections worsening and damaging environments and the economy.
Robert Prager speaks to the Florida Section American Society of Civil Engineers on designing for resilience and survivability.
Older trees can accelerate their rates of absorbing planet-warming emissions. (3 min. read)
Joyce Tuten connects the dots between science, our climate, people and planet – and solutions you can be a part of.
