FWC approves guidelines revisions to support burrowing owl conservation

FWC Contributor Today, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved revisions to the Florida Burrowing Owl Species Conservation Measures and Permitting Guidelines at its August Commission meeting. The goal of the update is to maximize conservation value of permitting actions, improve regulatory certainty and streamline the permit review process for stakeholders and FWC staff. Key revisions included standardizing mitigation for projects involving significant habitat modifi