5+ hour, 8+ min ago   (416+ words) Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a man commonly called “Alligator Ron” to spend four more years helping to steer water policy across the bottom half of the state. DeSantis announced that he is reappointing Ron Bergeron to the Governing Board of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (736+ words) Two working cattle ranches in eastern Hardee County are under permanent conservation easement, keeping 1,450 acres in production while closing a gap in the Florida Wildlife Corridor along one of the Peace River’s most important tributaries. The easements cover C&G…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (433+ words) Farmers in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) cut phosphorus loads 65% in Water Year 2026, nearly three times the 25% reduction required under the Everglades Forever Act, according to data presented to the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board in West Palm…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (271+ words) Attorney General James Uthmeier is intent on reducing poaching of wild game in Florida, a practice he says has gone on for too long. Uthmeier says he is drafting a bill to increase penalties for poaching. He acknowledged during a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (538+ words) John Nash‘s experience with trees once began and ended with the one he bought each December. Now 545 acres of his Levy County pineland will stay standing forever. Osceola Pines sits in the Big Bend, between the Suwannee and Waccasassa…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (332+ words) UNESCO’s addition of the Okefenokee Swamp to the World Heritage List is thrilling to North Florida environmentalists. The Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is a huge 438,000-acre tract of protected wetlands that’s mostly in Georgia. But it also has portions…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (349+ words) A long-standing conservation land preserve in northern Duval County is expanding after the North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) brokered a new conservation deal from a corporation. The Bogey Creek Preserve had more than 80 acres of land dedicated to land conservation…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (359+ words) The North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) is at the center of yet another land conservation deal that will protect hundreds of acres of environmentally sensitive property. Nearly 861 acres of land will now be protected in Bradford County thanks to the…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (636+ words) Falconry has been around for roughly 4,000 years. Early cultures in Central Asia relied on birds of prey to help hunt for food. By the 10th century in Europe, falconry was also seen as a sign of rank and prestige. Kings were…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (374+ words) The North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) continues to snatch up property for conservation with its latest acquisition of more than 500 acres in Putnam County. NFLT officials announced that they partnered with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to snag conservation…...