Just returned from England where while flying into Gatwick Airport I had the opportunity to look down and see the pattern of development there and make a few comparisons to Florida.  First, it is apparent that we do have much more undeveloped landscape and habitat here than they do over there.  Given the 2 to 3 thousand years of human use of the land in England, even the "undeveloped" lands appear much more managed than here.  On the positive side, England has had a history of much more compact development so towns and developed areas take less land per capita. 
    From a wildlife maintainence perspective, this aerial view gives me some hope that we still have some opportunities in Florida to set aside large enough areas to sustain much of our original wildlife heritage. Given our evident population growth and the continued parceling and subdividing of the currently undeveloped areas, we need to act quickly and with some articulated strategy if we hope for our natural landscapes to be sustained and functional in the years ahead.