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Conservation

Florida Wildlife Corridor

Florida will pay $4.3 million to conserve ranchland in Highlands County

Bar Rocking C Ranch will become part of the Florida Wildlife Corridor via the state’s Rural and Family Lands Protection Program.
Florida Wildlife Corridor

A deal will conserve Florida Wildlife Corridor land in Hendry County

A $4.145 million deal will prevent development on a 754-acre cattle ranch in Hendry County for the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

The Scoop: Fri. Sep. 6th, 2024, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Pollution is still happening in Sarasota Bay and in Manatee County. A conservation group may be short come the fundraising deadline.

Famed conservationist Jane Goodall to speak in St. Petersburg

Listen: Famous Chimpanzee expert and conservationist Jane Goodall is speaking in St. Petersburg in September. The two-day event comes as Florida faces the national spotlight for environmental issues.  Dr. Jane Goodall’s discovery in 1960 that...

Florida seeks an end to the fight over constitutionally required conservation funding

The state is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject two appeals in a long-running legal battle over state conservation funding.
Limestone Creek Ranch, Hardee County, Florida

Florida purchases a conservation easement to preserve ranch land in Hardee County

The $2.837 million deal will preserve 470 acres at a cattle ranch on the Limestone Creek Ranch property.

Not Your Grandma’s Garden!

Marie Selby Gardens in Sarasota's CEO Jennifer Rominiecki, and their V.P. of Botany, Bruce Holst, joined MidPoint to talk all about the blooming of the Gardens into a powerhouse of sustainability and botanical conservation research,...
Florida Wildlife Corridor

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer questions the costs of land deals

Jimmy Patronis suggested the state should have looked again at the prices of three land conservation deals that totaled $193 million.

The Scoop: Thurs. March 21, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani (D) says the new law to prevent houseless people from sleeping in public places is "making a bad situation worse."
Florida Wildlife Corridor

A deal to purchase agricultural land for the Florida Wildlife Corridor could happen on Tuesday

Florida would pay $122 million for 25,039 acres in what is known as the Caloosahatchee-Big Cypress Corridor in Hendry and Collier counties.
Florida Wildlife Corridor

A Florida appeals court rejects calls for a rehearing in a legal battle over conservation funding

There will be no rehearing after a Florida appeals court ruled last month that a legal battle about conservation funding was “moot.”
St. Petersburg, Florida

Shoreline and Spring restoration with Tom Ries

Sustainable Living hosts Tanja Vidovic and Anni Ellis spoke with local environmentalist Tom Ries, a nationally known ecologist with more than 40 years of experience restoring natural systems in the SE.
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