A cumulative effects evaluation study looks at changes in an area through time and how these changes affect resources in that area. This study examines how past, present and reasonably foreseeable future changes affect eight protected species found within southwest Florida. The eight species under study include: Florida panther, Florida black bear, Florida sandhill crane, wood stork, red-cockaded woodpecker, gopher tortoise, eastern indigo snake, and mangrove fox squirrel. The purpose of this meeting is to present information associated with potential future actions which may affect the eight protected species and about potential future conditions of the eight species within the project study area.