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.
Tag: land conservation
Florida’s wild heart is beating on borrowed time
Florida Forever needs funding to buy private land for new state parks, state forests and wildlife management areas.
Why protecting Norriego Point, a jewel of the Emerald Coast, is worth every penny
Thanks to state leadership and local lawmakers, this former condo site will be turned into public parkland on Destin’s waterfront.
Saving gopher tortoises means protecting their homes, not just moving them
The best thing we can do is preserve gopher tortoise burrows and the longleaf pine ecosystem supporting them.
Florida’s Cabinet vastly overpaid for land the state didn’t need. Why?
The state paid $83 million for 4 acres next to the city of Destin’s Norriego Point Beach park.
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.
Deepening the Florida experience in an era of climate change
As we fight climate change's causes and impacts, we must commit to immersing ourselves in all things natural in Florida.
Conservationists push to ‘finish the job’ of protecting Okefenokee from mining
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers.
Conservation in contention: Guana River lands on the line
A 600-acre land swap proposal revives old battles between preservation and profit in northeast Florida.
Land deal stops mining project near Okefenokee Swamp, though advocates brace for future threats
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is the headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers.