{
  "projectDescription": "This project eradicated non-native species found on the state-owned buffer islands. Approximately 50 acres of Brazilian pepper and Australian pine were treated and eradicated from the state-owned mangrove buffer islands located within the boundaries of Hillsborough County's Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve.",
  "program": "Directed Appropriations",
  "name": "Cockroach Bay Island Exotic Plant Removal",
  "id": "417",
  "state": "Florida",
  "state_abbr": "FL",
  "region": "SER - Southeast",
  "constructionStartDate": "2001-10-01 00:00:00.0",
  "nepaStatus": "Complete",
  "nepaCompliance": "Programmatic EA for CRP",
  "fedLeverage": "0",
  "nonFedLeverage": "0",
  "accompReportStatus": "Completed",
  "accompReportDate": "2003-04-30 00:00:00.0",
  "accompAcresMilesFlag": "Y",
  "accompVolFlag": "Y",
  "accompDebrisFlag": "N",
  "status": "Completed",
  "locations": [
    {
      "latitude": "27.683",
      "longitude": "-82.508",
      "county": "Hillsborough County",
      "city": "Ruskin",
      "congDistrict": "14",
      "riverBasin": "Tampa Bay",
      "huc": "31002060502"
    }
  ],
  "habitats": [
    {
      "name": "mangrove",
      "fiscalYear": "2004",
      "actAcresRehabCnt": "50"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "species": "herodias",
      "genus": "Ardea",
      "commonName": "Heron, great blue",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "albus",
      "genus": "Eudocimus",
      "commonName": "Ibis, white",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "caerulea",
      "genus": "Egretta",
      "commonName": "Heron, little blue"
    },
    {
      "species": "racemosa",
      "genus": "Laguncularia",
      "commonName": "Mangrove, white",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "germinans",
      "genus": "Avicennia",
      "commonName": "Mangrove, black",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    },
    {
      "species": "mangle",
      "genus": "Rhizophora",
      "commonName": "Mangrove, red",
      "nmfsManagedFlag": "N"
    }
  ],
  "partners": [
    {
      "name": "Southwest Florida Water Management District"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pinellas County Environmental Fund"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tampa Bay Port Authority"
    },
    {
      "name": "Florida Department of Environmental Protection"
    }
  ],
  "strategies": [
    {
      "name": "Does not fall under a strategy",
      "primaryFlag": "Y"
    }
  ],
  "photos": [
    {
      "id": "3184",
      "name": "3184_F8829_Ckrchburn3.jpg",
      "caption": "This is an additional photo of the prescribed burn.",
      "date": "4/2/2003",
      "imageType": "Project Photo"
    },
    {
      "id": "3180",
      "name": "3180_F29268_Ckrchinvas1.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "1",
      "caption": "Invasive species such as Brazilian Pepper and Australian pine were treated and removed to halt their spread amongst the islands of Hillsborough County's Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve.",
      "date": "4/8/2003",
      "imageType": "Project Photo"
    },
    {
      "id": "3181",
      "name": "3181_F7143_Ckrchburn1.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "2",
      "caption": "The Resource Management Prescribed Fire Team burns the treatment areas in order to fully eradicate the invasive species.",
      "date": "3/27/2003",
      "imageType": "Project Photo"
    },
    {
      "id": "3182",
      "name": "3182_F6688_Ckrchburn2.jpg",
      "webpageNumber": "3",
      "caption": "This controlled fire helped to clear the buffer islands of exotic vegetation to make room for native plant species.",
      "date": "3/27/2003",
      "imageType": "Project Photo"
    },
    {
      "id": "3183",
      "name": "3183_F14915_Ckrchinvas2.jpg",
      "caption": "This is an additional photo of the invasive removal efforts conducted during this project.",
      "date": "4/8/2003",
      "imageType": "Project Photo"
    }
  ],
  "techniques": [
    {
      "name": "Planting"
    },
    {
      "name": "Invasives removal: vegetation"
    }
  ],
  "funding": [
    {
      "mechanism": "National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Pinellas",
      "activityType": "Restoration",
      "fyAwarded": "2001",
      "noaaContribution": "24,000.0",
      "noaaFundingFlag": "N",
      "otherNonFedContribution": "25,000.0",
      "partnerContribution": "0.0",
      "stateContribution": "0.0",
      "sourceProgram": "DA - Directed Appropriations",
      "partner": {
        "name": "Hillsborough County"
      }
    }
  ]
}