Proposed budgets defund Florida Forever, but do provide for conservation easements
GOP lawmakers would direct funding to a program for agricultural landowners to preserve land from development.
Tag: conservation easements
Why Florida must fund the Rural and Family Lands Protection Program
Since its inception in 2001, the program has preserved over 225,000 acres of working agricultural land.
The true cost of Florida’s bad land deal
The state could have used $83 million dollars to buy thousands of acres of public land in endangered ecosystems.
Country’s newest refuge protects land from Everglades to Gulf
The Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area is home to over 70 federally or state-listed threatened and endangered species.
To conserve large landscapes like the Florida Wildlife Corridor, payments for ecosystem services could be key
Paying landowners to maintain and improve ecosystem services on their lands can reduce pressure to sell to developers.
Conservation Florida, MDS Land Conservation Foundation launch partnership to speed up conservation of Florida Wildlife Corridor
More than 2,000 acres of wildlife habitat already protected through easement donations in Volusia and Marion counties
Conservation permanence matters in Florida
Land Trust Alliance members are committed to ensuring conservation easements are perpetual and permanent.
Florida cattle ranches critical to preserving environment
Conservation easements preserve wildlife habitat and protect water quality, while maintaining the vitality of the agricultural industry.
Florida ranchers push for conservation easements as climate solution; groups protest state’s rejection of federal money meant to cut emissions
Conservation easements pay ranchers what their land would be worth to developers, in exchange for keeping it as green space.
Florida conservation efforts need farm bill’s funding. Congress must follow through
Last year, farmers, ranchers, sportsmen and wildlife advocates earned a $20 billion increase for conservation programs